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Empirical Scaling of Common Verbal Phrases Associated with Numerical Probabilities in Korean Vocabulary

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2007, v.21 no.1, pp.47-58
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2007.21.1.004


& (2007). Empirical Scaling of Common Verbal Phrases Associated with Numerical Probabilities in Korean Vocabulary. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 21(1), 47-58, https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2007.21.1.004

Abstract

This study was conducted to show communication correspondence between speakers and receivers in employing Korean numerical wording. In study 1, participants were required to estimate the numerical probability of Korean words selected from a Korean dictionary and scales in the Psychological Scaling Handbook in two contexts：no context condition and minimum context condition. Results showed corresponding numerical probability estimates of each of 56 probability-related words and phrases in Korean vocabulary. Generally they were reasonably consistent, but several words with similar meanings were different from standard deviations. Study 2 with additional rating data of the ranges of Korean probability-related words, which was conceptual replication of study 1, showed result consistent with study 1. These two studies are meaningful in that they supplied data of probability-related words in Korean. The implications of context effects on numerical probabilities in ordinary communication settings could be plausible and other suggestions for further studies were discussed.

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한국어 어휘, 확률 수치, 맥락효과, 확률 어휘, Korean vocabulary, probability estimate, probability-related words and phrases, context effects

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