An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute:
A Sketch of its Achievements
Third Edition(1988)/
HTML Version(1997)
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II.3.7 Vocabulary Used in Ninety Magazines of Today:
Table and Concordance Cards
(Language Data Source 3, 1987. microfiche 927 sheets)
Results of the compilation of the vocabulary used in 90
representative varieties of general magazines published in
1956 were previously published in Vocabulary and Chinese
Characters in Ninety Magazines of Today, Volumes 1, 2, 3
(Reports 21, 22, 25; 1962-1964). These results have been
favorably evaluated over the twenty years since their
publication, despite the facts that the vocabulary items which
were used less than 6 times were not reported and, for most of
the words, the word usages/contexts in which they appeared were
not published. The context concordance cards, numbering
over 500,000, which formed the basis of this research,
contain the context for each appearance of the vocabulary
item and in general have also been widely recognized for
their usefulness. In particular, they have increasingly been
requested for use in research on lexical syntax. The
present project was carried out in response to these requests as
well as to prevent the damage which accompanies use of these
cards.
The Vocabulary Table is 1,200 notebook pages long and the
context concordance cards, B7-size cards, number up to about
500,000. Both have been copied onto microfiche, in the 98
frame mode; the quantity is as follows.
Vocabulary Table Arranged in the Order of the Japanese
50-Kana Syllabary, 13 sheets
Context Concordance Cards Listed in Accordance with the
Vocabulary Table, 914 sheets
ISII Hisao and MIYAZIMA Tatuo directed this research.
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