LINGUIST List 17.3249

Tue Nov 07 2006

Qs: Token Frequency

Editor for this issue: Kevin Burrows <kevinlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Wolfgang U. Dressler, Token Frequency

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Message 1: Token Frequency
Date: 02-Nov-2006
From: Wolfgang U. Dressler <wolfgang.dresslerunivie.ac.at>
Subject: Token Frequency


Dear colleagues,

Could somebody help me locating the following reference?

In the nineties I wrote down from a discussion on the importance of tokenfrequency for the choice of basic vocabulary for early phases of foreignlanguage teaching the comment that words like ''tooth brush'' should betaught early, although its token frequency in running texts is not veryhigh. Since I think that this can be used as an argument in otherdiscussions on the relevance of token frequency, I would be grateful forany relevant reference.

Many thanks in advanceWolfgang U. Dressler

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics                             General Linguistics