The vocabulary of a person is defined either as the set of all words that are understood by that person or the set of all words likely to be used by that person when constructing new sentences. A word is a unit of Language that carries meaning and consists of one or more Morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together and has a Phonetic
Tests of vocabulary are integral components of intellectual assessment within psychology. Level of vocabulary has been consistently found to predict overall level of intellectual functioning as well as educational achievement.
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English Vocabulary
It is widely circulated that the English language has the largest vocabulary of any language, but this claim is difficult to formulate precisely, and essentially impossible to prove. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States [1]
The Oxford English Dictionary lists a total of 171,476 words with an additional 47,156 obsolete and 9,500 derivative words as subentries, giving almost a quarter of a million words in the English language, even when technical terms, place names and multiple word senses are excluded. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English [2] Clearly, therefore, any individual's vocabulary must necessarily consist of only a small subset of the total possible vocabulary of the language. One estimate, by David Crystal, is that the average college graduate has an active vocabulary of 60,000 words and an additional passive vocabulary of 75,000 words. [3]
The Vocabularies of Other Languages
- The three major Japanese dictionaries each contain between 220,000 and 240,000 individual lexical entries (words). is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities
- The mainland Chinese Hanyu Dacidian dictionary and the Taiwanese Zhongwen Dacidian each list about 370,000 words for the Mandarin Chinese language. Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan
Other uses
The word "vocabulary" is also used figuratively in the arts or crafts for qualities or techniques distinctive to a particular style, especially in the context of architectural style. The arts is a broad subdivision of Culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. A craft is a Skill, especially involving practical arts. It may refer to a Trade or particular art The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation
See also
- Glossary
- Grammar
- Idiom
- Jargon
- Lexicon
- Part of speech
- Register (linguistics)
- Slang
- Technical terminology
- Term
- Terminology
References
- ^ Jucca Korpela (August 31, 2003). See also List of glossaries A glossary is a list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms Grammar is the field of Linguistics that covers the Rules governing the use of any given natural language. An idiom is a Phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal Definition, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only For Wikipedia jargon see WikipediaGlossary. For hacker slang see Jargon File. In Linguistics, the lexicon (from Greek Λεξικόν of a language is its Vocabulary, including its words and expressions In Grammar, a lexical category (also word class, lexical class, or in traditional grammar part of speech) is a linguistic category of words (or In Linguistics, a register is a subset of a Language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting Slang is the use of highly informal Words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's Dialect or Language. Technical terminology is the specialized Vocabulary of a field Terminology is the study of terms and their use Terms are Words and Compound words that are used in specific contexts Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Which language has largest vocabulary?. IT and communication—Human languages.
- ^ How many words are there in the English Language?. Ask Oxford.
- ^ Crystal, David (2003). Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521596556.
Dictionary
vocabulary
-noun
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses.
- The stock of words used in a particular field.
- The words of a language collectively.
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