PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present read candidates of a notation without being restricted within preset information as knowledge about notations to be added to a dictionary.SOLUTION: According to an embodiment, a vocabulary knowledge acquisition device has morphological analysis means, compound word extraction means, unknown word extraction means, unknown word related information imparting means, abbreviation estimation means, formal notation candidate imparting means, and result output means. The unknown word extraction means extracts unknown words unregistered with an established dictionary. The unknown word related information imparting means extracts candidates of read of unknown words from data acquired from outside and imparts them to the unknown words as unknown word related information. The formal notation candidate imparting means imparts compound words generating abbreviations to the unknown words as formal notation candidates when the abbreviations generated from the compound words match the unknown words. The result output means outputs the unknown word, the unknown word related information, and the formal notation candidates together in order of dictionary additional registration effect.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
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