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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dear Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>There is a companion website for the Leech et al book at: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><a href="http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/">http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>and if you have a look in the foreword there are references to
other earlier frequency lists such as West, Thorndike and Lorge etc. The
foreword is also online: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><a href="http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/samples/foreword.pdf">http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/samples/foreword.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Are you just interested in lists for English?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Paul.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Dr. Paul Rayson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Director of UCREL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Computing Department, Infolab21, South Drive, Lancaster University,
Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Web: <a href="http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/paul/"><span
style='color:purple'>http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/paul/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Tel: +44 1524 510357 Fax: +44 1524 510492<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
corpora-bounces@uib.no [mailto:corpora-bounces@uib.no] <b>On Behalf Of </b>CRuehlemann@aol.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 23 February 2009 09:50<br>
<b>To:</b> CORPORA@UIB.NO<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Corpora-List] Frequency lists (corrected)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dear All<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I'm interested in two questions related to word frequency lists:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>(i)</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> The published frequency lists I am aware of include the following
few:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>BNC-based:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Kilgarriff, A.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>(1998). ‘BNC database and word frequency lists<em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></em>’</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.kilgarriff.co.uk/bnc-readme.html"
title="http://www.kilgarriff.co.uk/bnc-readme.html"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>http://www.kilgarriff.co.uk/bnc-readme.html</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Leech, G., P. Rayson and A. Wilson. (2001). <em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken
English: Based on the British National Corpus</span></em>. London: Longman</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CIC-based:</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>McCarthy, M. J. (1998). </span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Spoken Language and Applied
Linguistics.</span></em><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Cambridge: Cambridge University Press</span><span
style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Could anybody point me to more word frequency
lists available either in print or on the internet?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>(ii)</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> As far as I know, the definite article <em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the</span></em> tops
most word frequency lists derived from general corpora. Is anybody
aware of any published in-depth discussion of this finding in terms of
reference, be it anaphoric, cataphoric or deictic? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Any help is greatly appreciated. A summary will be posted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Chris</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman Baltic","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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