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Article #426Re: word frequency database results
From: Max Coltheart
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 06:34
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 06:34
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In article <1993Jan8.193950.22100@burrhus.harvard.edu> aminoff@isr.harvard.edu (Alexander G. Aminoff) writes: >My search for a database of word frequency norms turned up one substantial >file, the MRC Psycholinguistic Database Machine Readable Dictionary. >Thanks to all those who sent me pointers. > BE AWARE: this database does not contain word frequency information for inflected or derived words such as plurals or past tenses *except* when these are irregular forms. So it gives you the frequency of MICE but not of TREES. The frequencies of completely regular inflected or derived words are all set to zero. I'm sorry about this, but when I put the MRC database together in 1978-79 this was the only file of word frequencies I could get hold of. MaxC ......................................
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Newsgroups: sci.cognitive Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!sunb!currawong.bhs.mq.edu.au!max From: max@currawong.bhs.mq.edu.au (Max Coltheart) Subject: Re: word frequency database results Message-ID: <1993Jan10.063407.28366@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au> Sender: news@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au (Macquarie University News) Nntp-Posting-Host: currawong.bhs.mq.edu.au Organization: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia References: <1993Jan8.193950.22100@burrhus.harvard.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 06:34:07 GMT Lines: 17