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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">* Apologies for multiple posting*<BR>
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Dear colleague,<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">As part of our SUBTLEX</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri"> series</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">, we have just released Chinese word frequencies on the basis of film and television subtitles. The advantages of the list are:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">1.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">The frequencies are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">freely available in easy to use files</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">2.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">The f</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">requenc</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">i</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">s predict lexical decision times and naming times better than other frequencies available.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">3. Good frequencies of multicharacter words.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">4. PoS dependent frequencies.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">You can find more information (and files with the frequencies) on:<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><A HREF="http://expsy.ugent.be/subtlex-ch"><SPAN LANG="nl"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#351AA6" FACE="Calibri">http://expsy.ugent.be/subtlex-ch</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">Please forward this message to other researchers who may be interested.<BR>
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Kind regards,<BR>
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Marc Brysbaert<BR>
Ghent University<BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">Other frequencies available</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">English:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://expsy.ugent.be/subtlexus"><SPAN LANG="nl"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://expsy.ugent.be/subtlex</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="nl"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">us</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">Dutch :</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="nl"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://crr.ugent.be/programs-data/subtlex-nl"><SPAN LANG="nl"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#351AA6" FACE="Calibri">http://crr.ugent.be/programs-data/subtlex-nl</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="nl"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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