A Comparative Study of the Chinese Characters in the Graded List and the EBCL List

• 作者: George Xinsheng Zhang Qi Zhang Yuhui Gao
• 来源期刊: 汉语教学方法与技术
• 学科: 工学
• 关键词: GRADED LIST EBCL CHARACTER COMPLEXITY structure TRANSPARENCY frequency
• 年，卷（期）: hyjxffyjs,（2）
• 页码范围: 20-39
• 页数: 20页
• 分类号: TP3

摘要

This study scrutinises the Chinese characters in two reference works compiled as part of two projects:the Graded list and the EBCL list.Situated in the character-based theory,the characters compiled in both are examined in depth from the perspectives of character complexity,character structure,semantic and phonetic radical transparency,frequency of character,and frequency of word formation.The results show that the two lists share similarities in terms of distribution of characters of different structures,level of semantic radical transparency,and frequencies of character and word formation.The character complexity of the Graded list is higher than that of the EBCL,while the level of phonetic radical transparency of the Graded list is lower than that of the EBCL list.With the Graded list,the high demands of character learning need to be borne in mind;this is due to the visual load of character complexity and the pronunciation information provided in phonetic radicals.Against a backdrop of increasing demand for CFL pedagogical materials,the differences and similarities between the two lists analysed and discussed in this study contribute to their pedagogical applications in teaching and learning Chinese characters.