frequency of person/number

[Ferdinand de Haan]

There is also a large discussion in the Longman Grammar of Spoken and
Written English (Douglas Biber et al., 1999), starting on page 333.

Ferdinand de Haan
University of New Mexico

> I know of two studies that should have this for English:
>
> Frequency analysis of English vocabulary and grammar : based on the LOB
corpus
> Johansson, Stig
> 1989
>
> and
>
> Frequency analysis of English usage : lexicon and grammar
> Francis, W. Nelson (Winthrop Nelson),
> 1982
>
> Francis&Kucera is based on the Brown Corpus.
>
> Herb Stahlke
> Ball State University
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frederick Newmeyer [mailto:fjn at U.WASHINGTON.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 2:58 PM
> To: FUNKNET at listserv.rice.edu
> Subject: frequency of person/number
>
>
> I'm interested in knowing what the relative frequency is in conversation
> (and possibly other genres) of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person forms (singular
> and plural, pronominal or non-pronominal). Could somebody please tell me
> where to look for an answer?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --fritz newmeyer