[lojban-beginners] Re: anti-Zipfian gismu rant

[Nathaniel Krause <nathanielkrause@yahoo.com>]

Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote:
> Loglan/Lojban did attempt to consider usage frequency, but our basis was 
> Helen Eaton's 1930s "Semantic Frequency List" which makes an effort to 
> account for concepts as opposed to mere word forms.  It only covered 4 
> European languages, but even that removed some of the English biases. 

By the way (I realise I've asked about this on the list before, but perhaps someone has new information), does anybody currently have access to the Eaton list? I'd like to get my hands on it.

Thanks,

sen

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