[Lingtyp] Two types of frequency

[Christian Lehmann]

It might be added that the terms 'lexical frequency' and 'token 
frequency' have also been applied to linguistic units other than 
phonemes. For instance, a derivational suffix like Engl. /-ness/ also 
has a lexical frequency and a token frequency, in the same sense.

Greetings, Christian

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Am 06.02.2024 um 11:48 schrieb Ian Joo:
> Dear typologists,
>
> thank you for your suggestions, and sorry for my late reply. The 
> general agreement on the terminology appears to be:
>
> 1. The frequency in which a phoneme appears in the lexemes of a lect's 
> vocabulary (i.e. how many lexemes have this phoneme): *Lexical frequency*
>
> 2. The frequency in which a phoneme appears within the utterance of 
> the lect's user (i.e. how often does this phoneme occur in a given 
> person's use of this lect): *Token frequency *or *discourse frequency*
>
> From Korea,
> Ian
>
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> JOO, IAN 朱易安
> Lecturer 助教
> Faculty of International Studies 国際学部
> Nagoya University of Commerce and Business 名古屋商科大学
> Nisshin, Aichi, Japan 愛知県日進市
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>> 23/1/2024 오후 8:23, Erich Round <e.round at surrey.ac.uk> 작성:
>>
>> Hi Ian,
>> In the paper below, Jayden Macklin-Cordes and I referred to 1 and 2 
>> (or something close to your definition in 2) as lexical frequency and 
>> discourse frequency respectively.
>> Macklin-Cordes, Jayden L., and Erich R. Round. ‘Re-Evaluating Phoneme 
>> Frequencies’./Frontiers in Psychology/11 (2020): 
>> 3181.https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570895.
>> All the best,
>> Erich
>>
>> *From:*Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf 
>> of Ian Joo <ian_joo at nucba.ac.jp>
>> *Date:*Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at 10:00
>> *To:*<lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>
>> *Subject:*[Lingtyp] Two types of frequency
>>
>> Dear typologists,
>> What are the terms for the following two types of frequency:
>> 1. The frequency in which a phoneme appears in the lexemes of a 
>> lect's vocabulary (i.e. how many lexemes have this phoneme)
>> 2. The frequency in which a phoneme appears within the utterance of 
>> the lect's user (i.e. how often does this phoneme occur in a given 
>> person's use of this lect)
>> Googling and ChatGPT have failed me. I would appreciate it if you 
>> could let me know whether there are terms for these two types of 
>> frequency.
>> Regards,
>> Ian
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>> JOO, IAN朱易安
>> Lecturer助教
>> Faculty of International Studies国際学部
>> Nagoya University of Commerce and Business名古屋商科大学
>> Nisshin, Aichi, Japan愛知県日進市
>> https://ianjoo.github.io
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