Terzopoulos, AR;
Duncan, LG;
Wilson, MAJ;
Niolaki, GZ;
Masterson, J;
(2016)
HelexKids: A word frequency database for Greek and Cypriot primary school children.
Behavior Research Methods
, 49
(1)
pp. 83-96.
10.3758/s13428-015-0698-5.
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Abstract
In this article, we introduce HelexKids, an online written-word database for Greek-speaking children in primary education (Grades 1 to 6). The database is organized on a grade-by-grade basis, and on a cumulative basis by combining Grade 1 with Grades 2 to 6. It provides values for Zipf, frequency per million, dispersion, estimated word frequency per million, standard word frequency, contextual diversity, orthographic Levenshtein distance, and lemma frequency. These values are derived from 116 textbooks used in primary education in Greece and Cyprus, producing a total of 68,692 different word types. HelexKids was developed to assist researchers in studying language development, educators in selecting age-appropriate items for teaching, as well as writers and authors of educational books for Greek/Cypriot children. The database is open access and can be searched online at www.helexkids.org.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | HelexKids: A word frequency database for Greek and Cypriot primary school children |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3758/s13428-015-0698-5 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-015-0698-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2016. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Word database, Greek language, Children, Frequency, Contextual diversity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1517148 |
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