12.51, Qs: German Frequency List, TOEFL & Konkani Speakers

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Subject: 12.51, Qs: German Frequency List, TOEFL & Konkani Speakers

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1)
Date:  Tue, 09 Jan 2001 09:41:35 +0300
From:  <maxim_tsoy at nm.ru>
Subject:  German Frequency List

2)
Date:  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:55:20 +0900
From:  OHKADO Masayuki <ohkado at isc.chubu.ac.jp>
Subject:  TOEFL and Konkani speakers

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

Date:  Tue, 09 Jan 2001 09:41:35 +0300
From:  <maxim_tsoy at nm.ru>
Subject:  German Frequency List

Dear friends,

I am looking for a frequency dictionary of German.
Is there also a program for making up concordances and such
dictionaries?

Thank you in advance.



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

Date:  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:55:20 +0900
From:  OHKADO Masayuki <ohkado at isc.chubu.ac.jp>
Subject:  TOEFL and Konkani speakers

Dear Linguists

I have been examining the result of the TOEFL test to find that in the
"classified by native language" section, speakers of Konkani (a
dialect of Marathi) are always marking the highest score, which is a
big surprise to me.  (I expected Dutch speakers to be the strongest
since Dutch is the closest language to English in the list.)  Do you
have any idea why Konkani speakers are so strong in TOEFL?

OHKADO Masayuki

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