LINGUIST List 13.1429

Wed May 22 2002

Qs: Project Gutenberg, Eng Word Formation/Survey

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  • Ronald Reck, String frequency & ontology for Project Gutenberg
  • Pavol Stekauer, Word Formation Survey

    Message 1: String frequency & ontology for Project Gutenberg

     Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 07:27:05 +0000
    From: Ronald Reck <rreckiama.rrecktek.com>
    Subject: String frequency & ontology for Project Gutenberg


    Hello,

    I have created string frequency reports for 5400+ books from Project Gutenberg: http://iama.rrecktek.com/text/frequency/

    searchable here: http://iama.rrecktek.com/cgi-bin/apps/wordfind/searchpg.pl

    process is described briefly here: http://iama.rrecktek.com/text/

    I am looking for help in improving the graphs of string frequencies across the archive: Here are a few examples:

    http://iama.rrecktek.com/text/frequency/crunch/rf-and.png http://iama.rrecktek.com/text/frequency/crunch/rf-at.png http://iama.rrecktek.com/text/frequency/crunch/rf-can.png

    I also extended the DAML ontology for PG presented here: http://www.daml.org/ontologies/113

    and created RDF metadata for the archive here: http://iama.rrecktek.com/text/frequency/meta/

    I am looking for feedback on improvements to the ontology.

    thanks for any comments or suggestions.

    Message 2: Word Formation Survey

     Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 09:28:26 +0200
    From: Pavol Stekauer <stekpalsaris.unipo.sk>
    Subject: Word Formation Survey


    Dear Colleagues,

    I am approaching you with the following request. I have taken up a research project called "A Sociolinguistic Research into the Productivity of Word-Formation. Being a sociolinguistic research it heavily depends on collecting the necessary information from English native speakers. Therefore, I would be grateful to you for helping me by approaching your friends, acquaintances, children, etc. and asking them for filling in a questionnaire. I can send the questionnaire by e-mail or regular mail. The research is ANONYMOUS.

    Thank you very much for your help.

    Yours sincerely Professor Pavol Stekauer Department of British and American Studies Faculty of Arts Presov University Slovakia