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VOC-ADO is a new database detailing the written vocabulary of French adolescents (ages 11-15). It reveals distinct differences between academic and non-academic word use, highlighting vocabulary development beyond elementary school.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Educational Psychology
  • Lexicography

Background:

  • Adolescent literacy requires understanding their unique written vocabulary.
  • Existing French lexical databases often do not cover the 11-15 age range comprehensively.
  • Written language exposure for adolescents includes both academic and non-academic sources.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce VOC-ADO, a novel database of French adolescent written vocabulary.
  • To provide detailed lexical information for academic and non-academic word lists.
  • To facilitate research and analysis of adolescent literacy and vocabulary acquisition.

Main Methods:

  • Compilation of 110,338 words from French secondary school textbooks, novels, comics, and magazines.
  • Analysis of word frequency, lexical dispersion, length, syntactic category, and neighborhood size.
  • Separate corpus analyses for Academic, Non-academic, and Global subcorpora.

Main Results:

  • The Academic subcorpus has fewer unique words but higher lexical sophistication than the Non-academic subcorpus.
  • Non-academic media contain a higher proportion of content words compared to school textbooks.
  • VOC-ADO correlates with existing French vocabulary databases (Manulex, Lexique) but includes unique adolescent vocabulary.

Conclusions:

  • Adolescent written vocabulary presents distinct characteristics that warrant specific study beyond elementary levels.
  • VOC-ADO serves as a crucial resource for researchers, educators, and clinicians focused on adolescent literacy.
  • The database supports targeted word selection and analysis for educational and clinical purposes.