word frequency counts for French

[Danielle Matthews]

Dear Professor Genesee

> Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
> exist for English?

Two resources that I have found useful for this are the Lexique and Brulex
online lexical databases:

http://www.lexique.org/

Content, A., Mousty, P., & Radeau, M. (1990). Brulex: Une base de données
lexicales informatisées pour le français écrit et parlé. L'Année
Psychologique, 90, 551-566.

New, B., Pallier, C., Ferrand, L., & Matos, R. (2001). Une base de données
lexicales du français contemporain sur internet: LEXIQUE. L'Année
Psychologique, 101, 447-462.


Best Wishes
Danielle Matthews

Max Planck Child Study Centre
Department of Psychology
University of Manchester
Oxford Rd Manchester M13 9PL
UNITED KINGDOM

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Subject: word frequency counts for French


> Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
> exist for English?
>
> Thanks
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