frequency counts for consonant clusters in English

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Michèle,
      You could do this from CHILDES data, but, if I remember correctly, 
CELEX has already done all of this for you.

--Brian MacWhinney

On May 20, 2004, at 6:40 AM, M.Pettinato at city.ac.uk wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
> I am a Phd student working on the production and perception of 
> consonant clusters in people with Down Syndrome.
>
> I need to find the frequency with which certain clusters appear in 
> spoken English, for example word-initial 'pl', 'str' or word-final 
> 'lp', 'fs' etc.
>
> Does anybody know if this data is readily available out there, or 
> would I have to perform a frequency count myself?
>
> I have been advised to use CELEX for this, but I was wondering whether 
> it would also be possible to use CHILDES & how one would go about 
> doing this.
>
> Any ideas & comments welcome!
>
> Michèle Pettinato
>