La frecuencia silábica del español escrito por niñosestudio estadístico
- Justicia Justicia, Fernando
- Gutiérrez, Nicolás
- Huertas, Dolores
- Palma Reyes, Alfonso
- Santiago de Torres, Julio Ramón
ISSN: 0214-3550
Year of publication: 1996
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Pages: 131-168
Type: Article
More publications in: Cognitiva
Abstract
A syllable frequency dictionary is presented and compared to that of Álvarez, Carreiras & de Vega (1992a). A sample of Spanish words obtained from written compositions by school children was used to generate both a lexical frequency and a syllable frequency count, of which only the latter is reported here. For each syllable, two types of indexes are given: a dispersion index (number of word types in which each syllable is present), and a frequency index (obtained by adding the dispersion index to the frequency of the word types in which the syllable appears). Both types of indexes are given in absolute terms and also for each position in the word. Comparison with the syllable frequency count by Álvarez et al. (1992a), obtained from printed literature for adults, suggests that there are no major changes in syllabic composition and distribution from school age to adult age