11.2387, Qs: Latin American Spanish,Korean Hangul frequency

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Subject: 11.2387, Qs: Latin American Spanish,Korean Hangul frequency

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1)
Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:14:00 -0800 (PST)
From:  V P <vitusya at excite.com>
Subject:  Latin American Spanish

2)
Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:22:01 -0700
From:  Tim Mills <tmills at zicorp.com>
Subject:  Korean Hangul frequency

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:14:00 -0800 (PST)
From:  V P <vitusya at excite.com>
Subject:  Latin American Spanish

My name is Victoria and I conducting research on the Latin American Spanish.
I would really appreciate the information on general resources on this,
especially in English.

The particular problem I have to consider is how to classify countries
according to Spanish lexicon there ... For instance, to me makes sense to
divide the countries from the point of view of lexicon into the following
groups:

- Mexico;

- Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay;

- Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama;

- South America: Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela

- Caribbean America: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico.

Since I don't have enough resources, could you please advise on this ...
probably it makes sense to single out just three groups for the purpose of
general linguistic description:

1. Mexico

2. Central America

3. South America

If the latter classification is chosen, where to should Ecuador/Venezuela
belong? Is it better to put them into the Central American group or South
American group?

I will be grateful for any comments and suggestions, as well as information
on reliable resources on the issue.

Sincerely,

Victoria.











-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:22:01 -0700
From:  Tim Mills <tmills at zicorp.com>
Subject:  Korean Hangul frequency

Hello.

I am currently doing commercial work on Korean that requires information on
the frequencies of the Hangul characters.

If anyone knows of a source, online or otherwise, preferably electronic,
where I could get this information, please contact me off the list at
"tmills at zicorp.com".

	- Tim -
	Ngiti!!

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