Re: [Corpora-List] pronunciation

From: Antoinette Renouf (ant@rdues.liv.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 15:41:13 MET DST

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    Dear All

    In the Independent newspaper, over an 11-year period, a basic function
    common to our systems (http://www.rdues.liv.ac.uk/) finds:

    Total frequency of "pronounciation": 15
    Found in 14 out of 132 segments. First use: ind8908. Last use: ind9912

    ind8909 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9004 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9012 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9107 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9108 0.001 0.000 > 2
    ind9112 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9207 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9401 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9504 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9505 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9508 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9904 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9911 0.000 0.000 > 1
    ind9912 0.000 0.000 > 1

    Total frequency of "pronunciation": 673
    Found in 131 out of 132 segments. First use: ind8901. Last use: ind9912

    ind8901 0.003 0.001 < 6
    ind8902 0.001 0.001 < 1
    ind8903 0.000 0.002 < 1
    ind8904 0.002 0.001 < 5
    ind8905 0.002 0.001 < 5
    ind8906 0.001 0.002 < 3
    ind8907 0.000 0.001 < 1
    ind8908 0.003 0.001 < 7
    ind8909 0.000 0.001 < 1
    ind8910 0.001 0.002 < 2
    ind8911 0.002 0.001 < 6
    ind8912 0.001 0.001 < 3
    ind9001 0.001 0.001 < 2
    ind9002 0.001 0.001 < 2
    ind9003 0.001 0.001 < 4
    ind9004 0.003 0.001 < 8
    ind9005 0.000 0.002 < 1
    ind9006 0.002 0.002 < 6
    ind9007 0.001 0.001 < 4
    ind9008 0.002 0.001 < 6
    ind9009 0.001 0.001 < 3
    ind9010 0.000 0.001 < 1
    ind9011 0.001 0.001 < 4
    ind9012 0.003 0.001 < 7
    ind9101 0.001 0.001 < 4
    ind9102 0.001 0.002 < 2
    ind9103 0.001 0.002 < 4
    ind9104 0.001 0.001 < 4
    ind9105 0.002 0.002 < 7
    ind9106 0.001 0.002 < 2
    ind9107 0.002 0.001 < 5
    ind9108 0.001 0.001 < 4
    ind9109 0.001 0.001 < 3
    ind9110 0.001 0.001 < 2
    ind9111 0.002 0.001 < 7
    ind9112 0.001 0.001 < 2
    ind9201 0.000 0.001 < 1
    ind9202 0.001 0.002 < 4
    ind9203 0.002 0.002 < 6
    ind9204 0.004 0.002 < 12
    ind9205 0.002 0.002 < 7
    ind9206 0.001 0.002 < 3
    ind9207 0.002 0.002 < 5
    ind9208 0.001 0.001 < 4
    ind9209 0.001 0.001 < 4
    ind9210 0.002 0.002 < 5
    ind9211 0.000 0.002 < 1
    ind9212 0.003 0.002 < 8
    ind9301 0.002 0.001 < 7
    ind9302 0.001 0.002 < 2
    ind9303 0.001 0.001 < 2
    ind9304 0.001 0.001 < 3
    ind9305 0.001 0.002 < 3
    ind9306 0.002 0.002 < 6
    ind9307 0.003 0.002 < 10
    ind9308 0.001 0.003 < 3
    ind9309 0.003 0.002 < 8
    ind9310 0.004 0.002 < 13
    ind9311 0.001 0.002 < 3
    ind9312 0.000 0.002 < 1
    ind9401 0.002 0.001 < 6
    ind9402 0.001 0.002 < 2
    ind9403 0.003 0.002 < 8
    ind9404 0.002 0.003 < 6
    ind9405 0.002 0.003 < 7
    ind9406 0.005 0.003 < 16
    ind9407 0.002 0.002 < 6
    ind9408 0.002 0.002 < 5
    ind9409 0.001 0.001 < 2
    ind9410 0.001 0.002 < 2
    ind9411 0.002 0.001 < 6
    ind9412 0.004 0.002 < 9
    ind9501 0.000 0.002 < 0
    ind9502 0.002 0.002 < 6
    ind9503 0.003 0.002 < 9
    ind9504 0.002 0.003 < 6
    ind9505 0.004 0.002 < 11
    ind9506 0.002 0.002 < 6
    ind9507 0.001 0.002 < 3
    ind9508 0.001 0.002 < 3
    ind9509 0.001 0.001 < 3
    ind9510 0.003 0.001 < 8
    ind9511 0.001 0.001 < 3
    ind9512 0.001 0.001 < 2
    ind9601 0.000 0.001 < 1
    ind9602 0.002 0.001 < 7
    ind9603 0.001 0.002 < 2
    ind9604 0.003 0.002 > 8
    ind9605 0.002 0.002 > 7
    ind9606 0.002 0.002 > 7
    ind9607 0.002 0.002 > 6
    ind9608 0.002 0.002 > 6
    ind9609 0.003 0.002 > 8
    ind9610 0.001 0.002 > 4
    ind9611 0.003 0.002 > 10
    ind9612 0.002 0.002 > 4
    ind9701 0.001 0.002 > 3
    ind9702 0.002 0.002 > 5
    ind9703 0.004 0.002 > 12
    ind9704 0.001 0.002 > 4
    ind9705 0.002 0.002 > 6
    ind9706 0.001 0.001 > 3
    ind9707 0.001 0.002 > 3
    ind9708 0.002 0.002 > 6
    ind9709 0.002 0.002 > 7
    ind9710 0.004 0.002 > 13
    ind9711 0.002 0.002 > 7
    ind9712 0.001 0.002 > 3
    ind9801 0.001 0.002 > 2
    ind9802 0.002 0.002 > 7
    ind9803 0.002 0.002 > 8
    ind9804 0.001 0.002 > 4
    ind9805 0.001 0.002 > 4
    ind9806 0.001 0.002 > 5
    ind9807 0.002 0.002 > 6
    ind9808 0.004 0.002 > 14
    ind9809 0.003 0.002 > 13
    ind9810 0.002 0.003 > 7
    ind9811 0.001 0.002 > 4
    ind9812 0.003 0.001 < 9
    ind9901 0.000 0.001 < 1
    ind9902 0.002 0.001 < 5
    ind9903 0.002 0.001 < 7
    ind9904 0.001 0.001 < 2
    ind9905 0.002 0.001 < 6
    ind9906 0.001 0.001 < 5
    ind9907 0.002 0.001 < 7
    ind9908 0.002 0.001 < 6
    ind9909 0.000 0.001 < 1
    ind9910 0.002 0.001 < 7
    ind9911 0.001 0.000 < 5
    ind9912 0.001 0.000 < 5

    the only other variant spellings in the Independent are:

    prononciation 1 (within French extract quoted from Le Monde)
    pronounsation 1
    pronunication 4

    which indicates that there is some level of house style, or error
    checking, or plain simple accuracy at play.

    Antoinette

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