LINGUIST List 21.4680 Sun Nov 21 2010 Qs: Database for Frequencies of Polysemous Word Senses Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Laura Morett , Database for Frequencies of Polysemous Word Senses Message 1: Database for Frequencies of Polysemous Word Senses Date: 18-Nov-2010 From: Laura Morett <lmorettucsc.edu> Subject: Database for Frequencies of Polysemous Word Senses E-mail this message to a friend Does anyone know of a database that quantifies the frequency of how often different senses of polysemous words in English are used in spontaneous speech and/or text? It seems as though there are some polysemous words for which the top 2 meanings are used roughly equally (e.g., ring), and there are some where meaning 1 is used much more frequently than meaning 2 (e.g., die), but I can't find any corpus-based databases with data to justify this intuition. This is for a research study that I am planning on the relationship between gesture and language meaning. I would appreciate any suggestions and references! Linguistic Field(s): Psycholinguistics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Nov-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.