11.2530, Qs: Word and Character Frequency,Contacts in Guyana

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-11-2530. Fri Nov 24 2000. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 11.2530, Qs: Word and Character Frequency,Contacts in Guyana

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Date:  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:10:42 -0700
From:  Tim Mills <tmills at zicorp.com>
Subject:  Japanese Word and Character Frequency

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Date:  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:58:59 -0500
From:  Doug Whalen <whalen at alvin.haskins.yale.edu>
Subject:  Contacts in Guyana

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

Date:  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:10:42 -0700
From:  Tim Mills <tmills at zicorp.com>
Subject:  Japanese Word and Character Frequency

Hello, fellow linguists.

I recently posted a request for information on Korean language data, and the
response was very helpful.  I would now like to ask if anyone has similar
information on Japanese.

Specifically, I seek the following data.  All frequencies are, ideally,
counts from a corpus of informal written correspondence.

1.	Frequency of individual kanji characters.
2.	Frequency of individual kana characters (hiragana & katakana).
3.	Frequency of words.  (Preferably roots, with cross-referenced affix
frequencies)

If anyone has or knows of research involving any of the above data, please
contact me off the list at "tmills at zicorp.com".  I will post a summary of
responses after two or three weeks.

Thankyou.

Sincerely,

	- Tim Mills -

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Date:  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:58:59 -0500
From:  Doug Whalen <whalen at alvin.haskins.yale.edu>
Subject:  Contacts in Guyana

   Dear Listers,
   For a friend who will be traveling to Guyana, Suriname, and French
Guiana, I would appreciate obtaining contact information on anyone in
those countries working on one or more endangered languages.
   Thanks, Doug Whalen DhW
whalen at haskins.yale.edu

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