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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Yes, I’m pretty sure this is it; thanks, Nan. Did you use software to determine frequencies?<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""> info-childes@googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nan Bernstein Ratner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 05, 2014 8:46 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> RE: list of common words<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I think this is what folks want. My memory is that it was prepared by Patton Tabors of Harvard Grad School of Ed; we have used it in a few studies. I hope this attachment will go through. I do not know if there
are others; this is the one we have used.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best to all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Nan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Erika Hoff<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 05, 2014 10:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: list of common words<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Tager-Flusberg, Helen B <<a href="mailto:htagerf@bu.edu" target="_blank">htagerf@bu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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point me to that list? Even better, is there software available to scan a passage and compute the number of common vs. rare wrods? Many thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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