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- Subject: Re: Word (Frequent) Lists
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.003301.1@ualr.edu>
- From: axgolinski@ualr.edu
- Date: 30 Dec 92 00:33:01 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.080443.1727@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec29.080443.1727@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Rick.Horowitz@launchpad.unc.edu (Rick Horowitz) writes:
- > Some time back, I read in a book (I've now lost the reference) that
- > about 5000 words in the Spanish language constituted 90% of common
- > reading material, or something like that.
- >
- > I'm assuming that other languages will similarly require the learning
- > of only a small portion of the language's lexicon for most reading.
- >
- > I'm interested in trying to acquire lists for German, Spanish, and
- > possibly even Hebrew and Yiddish. I *don't* want just any old list,
- > nor do I want lists with seldom-used words; I want lists that will
- > give a good return for the study effort.
- >
- > If anyone can help, I would appreciate it. Please e-mail me at:
- >
- > rhorowit@mondrian.csufresno.edu
- >
- > Please use that address rather than the UNC address, as it is my
- > "normal" account and makes my receipt of mail more timely (because I
- > don't check UNC all that often).
- >
- > Thanks very much.
- >
- >
- >
- > --
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- > North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
- > Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
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