From tommylee@whitlock.org Wed Apr 07 17:59:31 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:59:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iad.alfar.com ([192.148.252.37]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Nzg5e-0006Hv-Qy for llg-members@lojban.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:59:31 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by iad.alfar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D858544D566 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 20:59:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from iad.alfar.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (iad.alfar.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27217-09 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 20:59:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from macintosh-2.home (pool-71-191-81-24.washdc.fios.verizon.net [71.191.81.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by iad.alfar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DFA3544D541 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 20:59:16 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Subject: [llg-members] Re: [lojban-announcements] Request For Help; non-urgent research request to help Lojban. From: TommyLee Whitlock In-Reply-To: <20100407053428.GA9239@digitalkingdom.org> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 20:59:16 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Message-Id: <44509E84-8DE4-4C5C-A107-593AEAFEF552@whitlock.org> References: <20100407053428.GA9239@digitalkingdom.org> To: llg-members@lojban.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at alfar.com X-archive-position: 840 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: tommylee@whitlock.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members Robin, I have a pair of books that are a bit dated at this point for 1000 words in Hebrew. I'll pull them down and take a look. Cheers, la tomis On Apr 7, 2010, at 1:34 AM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > I am feeling hopeful just now that we'll actually get around to > publishing a dictionary in my lifetime :) , so I'd like to ask for > someone else to do a project I've been thinking about for ages, to > help with the dictionary. > > Research needed: peruse other languages' official test documents > (the Japanese JLPT is a good example here) or similar official or > semi-official word lists, and come up with a list, in something like > importance order, of words that a language "should" have. Perhaps > this has already been done; if so, I couldn't find it, but that > would be fantastic. > > The goal is to get a list of 5 or 10 thousand words that we can use > to guide dictionary development; a set of words to form a core "if > you know this you can have a normal conversation" set for learning. > > We won't likely make direct use of it this year, but we *will* make > use of it, and when we need it, we'll need it very much. > > -Robin > > -- > They say: "The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons." > And I'm thinking: "Does it even occur to you to try for something > other than the default outcome?" See http://shrunklink.com/cdiz > http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ > > -- > The mail came from the "Lojban Announcements" Google Group. You are probably not subscribed to that group directly. All mails to this group are forwarded to all major Lojban groups. See http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Lojbanic+Forums for details about what this list is for, including how to contact the management. > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > >