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Using Complex Network Representation to Identify Important Structural Components of Chinese Characters for Foreign
Language Students
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What Is a Character?
Written symbol Fits within a square area Represents one syllable Each word is 1-2 characters
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Writing Chinese Characters
8 basic strokes About 200 “radicals”
(building blocks) Each radical has a
meaning
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Writing Characters
Radical(s)->Components(s)->Character A radical can be a character A radical can be part of many characters
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justlearnchinese.comJianYu Li, Jie Zhou: Chinese Character Structure Analysis Based on Complex Networks (2007)
Phono-Semantic Compounds
90% of all modern characters Semantic radical gives meaning Phonetic compound gives pronunciation
38% reliable!
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Typical Curriculum
Literacy: 2,000+ characters
Rote memorization Characters taken
from dialogues Uncommon,
irregular characters No education about
structure
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Recommended Learning Strategy
Studies: Better readers use structural knowledge!
Teach character structure Focus on semantic radicals Use common, “regular” characters
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CHALLENGE:Which radicals/components/characters to teach?
STRATEGY:Analyze a complex network!
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Related Work
Beginning stages Overall network metrics/simulations A few important nodes/patterns
“An Empirical Study of Chinese Word-Word Language Directed Network”
J. Wang, L. Rong, T. Jin (2008)
“Chinese Language Processing with Complex Network Theory”
Y. Yu, Z. Wang, W. Gao, G. Gu (2008)
“Chinese Lexical Networks: The Structure, Function and Formation”
J. Li, J. Zhou, X. Luo, Z. Yang (2012)
Follow-up: “Formation and Simulation on Chinese Lexical Networks”J. Li, J. Li, Z. Yang and F. Xiao (2012)
“Chinese Character Structure Analysis Based on Complex Networks”
J. Li, J. Zhou (2007)
Follow-up: “Analysis of the Structure and Function of Phono-Semantic Compounds Based on Complex Networks,” J. Li, J. Zhou, X. Mao
“Complex Network Perspective on Graphic Form System of Hanzi”
J. Hu and N. Wang (2012)
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My Project
Complex network of structural components Find hubs and clusters Analyze topology Suggest vocabulary learning system
Challenges
Boundaries Include intermediate components?
Weighting Helpfulness of components Evaluating usefulness
Can group into vocab lessons? Coverage of high-frequency characters
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