Corpora of Vietnamese Texts (CVT)

Research and Clinical Applications

There are many potential research and clinical applications of the CVT in the areas of child language acquisition, second language acquisition and foreign language learning.

Examples of clinical applications include:

·       The Vietnamese children’s literature corpus word list may be used to identify highly frequent words that students may learn as sight words for reading.

·       The word list based on the entire CVT may be used to identify the most commonly occurring consonant and vowel sounds and tones (see Related Publications.) for the purpose of foreign accent enhancement and speech remediation.

·       The CVT, as with corpora of other languages, may be used in the design of dictionaries, thesaurus, and other language reference materials.

Examples of research applications include the use of corpora data to empirically test assumptions and hypotheses related to linguistics and language development such as:

·       Assumptions about the structure and form of the Vietnamese language

·       Assumptions about theoretical issues in linguistics such as universal and language-specific features, markedness, phonological saliency, etc.

·       Hypotheses on discourse

·       Hypotheses on gender roles, particularly in children’s literature

·       Description of the differences between translated and original texts

·       Description of language change (i.e. how Vietnamese language use differs in Viet Nam and abroad).

This project is a work in progress. Please feel free to contact me with any suggestions, comments, or questions.