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Lexical Frequency Variation

Lexical Frequency Variation is a linguistic phenomenon denoting the differential occurrence rates of lexical items across languages, dialects, registers, or speech communities, distinguished by systematic deviations in word usage frequency that reflect sociolinguistic, cognitive, or discursive factors.

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Moving beyond Kučera and Francis: A critical evaluation of current word frequency norms and the introduction of a new and improved word frequency measure for American English

Marc Brysbaert, Boris New · Behavior Research Methods · 2009 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Subtlex-UK: A New and Improved Word Frequency Database for British English

Walter J. B. van Heuven, Paweł Mandera, Emmanuel Keuleers et al. · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology · 2013 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Frequency Analysis of English Usage: Lexicon and Grammar. By W. Nelson Francis and Henry Kučera with the assistance of Andrew W. Mackie. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1982. x + 561

Robert Burchfield · Journal of English Linguistics · 1985 · 1.2K citations

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Are lexical decisions a good measure of lexical access? The role of word frequency in the neglected decision stage.

David A. Balota, James I. Chumbley · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 1984 · 1.1K citations

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Word frequency and context of use in the lexical diffusion of phonetically conditioned sound change

Joan Bybee · Language Variation and Change · 2002 · 889 citations

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Authors

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  1. RH
    R. Harald Baayen

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    7 publications · 880 citations

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  2. MB
    Marc Brysbaert

    Ghent University, Belgium

    7 publications · 5K citations

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  3. AS
    Adam Schembri

    University College London, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 314 citations

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  4. RJ
    Richard J. File-Muriel

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    5 publications · 309 citations

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  5. FC
    Fernando Cuetos

    Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

    4 publications · 123 citations

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Institutions

322

  1. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1K citations

  3. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    5.5K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    940 citations

  6. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    906 citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    881 citations

  8. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    630 citations

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  1. Behavior Research Methods

    BRM · 9 publications · 3K citations

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  2. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 9 publications · 778 citations

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  4. Language and Speech

    8 publications · 900 citations

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  5. Language Variation and Change

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

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