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<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Dear Ron Moe,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>What do you mean when you say template? </div><div><br></div><div>Sittie</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ronald Moe <ron_moe@sil.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 26, 2011 12:39 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Lexicog] english word lists<br></font><br><div id="yiv579831913">
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<div class="yiv579831913MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;">I’m developing a word list that will
serve as the basis of an English-vernacular dictionary or glossary (where “vernacular”
is replaced by any language of the world). I’m basing the list on a
frequency list from the Corpus of Contemporary American English. It looks like
there are some flaws in the frequency list, so I’ll have to supplement it
with words taken from language learners dictionaries. I’m currently
classifying the words by semantic domain. That task is not done. I haven’t
gotten very far in defining the words and would appreciate help in developing
the database. I would be interested in collaboration on developing a template
for bilingual dictionaries.</span></font></div>
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[mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com] <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">On
Behalf Of </span></b>Martin Benjamin<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 25, 2011
5:58 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b>
lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Lexicog] english word
lists</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">I'm compiling a file of various "essential"
lists of English words to <br>
use as a reference point for determining common concepts for a <br>
multilingual dictionary. The lists that a term belongs to will be <br>
associated with the dictionary entries, so you'll be able to <br>
cross-reference, for example, Swadesh list glosses for any language in <br>
the dictionary.<br>
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Are there any lists not included below that should be added? Some of the <br>
lists below are based on frequency, some on core concepts. All can be <br>
cited for flaws or subjectivity. But in the aggregate, they at least <br>
provide a pretty good starting point for what someone would want in a <br>
bilingual dictionary with English, and potentially could be a useful <br>
tool for study across languages.<br>
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I'll put the final file online as a google doc and send a notice with <br>
the address to Lexicog.<br>
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So please, what lists would you include, and how can I access them? Here <br>
are those I've got already:<br>
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Comparative African Word List (SIL)<br>
Reading Teachers List (1000 words from corpus frequency) <br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kamu.si/qNfQDA">http://kamu.si/qNfQDA</a><br>
Clear English Most Commonly Used Words ( US ) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kamu.si/riVPsV">http://kamu.si/riVPsV</a><br>
General Service List (1995 version) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://jbauman.com/gsl.html">http://jbauman.com/gsl.html</a><br>
Dolch <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolch_Word_List">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolch_Word_List</a><br>
Swadesh <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kamu.si/nO2jyA">http://kamu.si/nO2jyA</a><br>
Ogden 's Basic
English (extended) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kamu.si/pgGDhs">http://kamu.si/pgGDhs</a><br>
Academic Word List <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kamu.si/oSlYet">http://kamu.si/oSlYet</a><br>
VOA Special English <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.manythings.org/voa/words.htm">http://www.manythings.org/voa/words.htm</a><br>
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Many thanks,<br>
Martin Benjamin<br>
<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:martin%40kamusi.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:martin%40kamusi.org">martin@kamusi.org</a><br>
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Dr. Martin Benjamin<br>
Executive Director, Kamusi Project International<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kamusi.org">http://kamusi.org</a><br>
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Full contact information, social networks, blog and photos:<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://about.me/martin.benjamin">http://about.me/martin.benjamin</a></span></font></div>
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