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I. SINKA, M. GARMAN AND C. SCHELLETTER<br />

0.07 0.06 2<br />

Rank 1 has 5 verbs, and most samples have more than one verb shar<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

rank; but we may see be emerg<strong>in</strong>g strongly as a Rank 1 verb - account<strong>in</strong>g for<br />

over half the verb tokens <strong>in</strong> the last sample;<br />

Rank 2, by contrast, is sparse;<br />

Ranks 3 and 4 show much the same pattern as for Maija’s Latvian, though<br />

they account for rather more <strong>of</strong> the verb tokens <strong>in</strong> each sample.<br />

See Tables 5c-d for Sonja’s German and English verbs.<br />

Table 5c. Sonja, German, 250-word samples: proportion <strong>of</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> verb tokens,<br />

for the ma<strong>in</strong> verbs <strong>in</strong> first four frequency ranks, by sample<br />

Age 2;0 2;1 2;2 2;3 2;4 2;5 2;6 2;7 Gloss Total<br />

Rank<br />

1<br />

Rank<br />

2<br />

Rank<br />

3<br />

Rank<br />

4<br />

se<strong>in</strong><br />

0.42<br />

kommen<br />

0.33<br />

schauen<br />

0.17<br />

essen<br />

0.08<br />

se<strong>in</strong><br />

0.33<br />

essen<br />

0.28<br />

setzen<br />

0.17<br />

se<strong>in</strong><br />

0.63<br />

gehen<br />

0.08<br />

essen<br />

0.08<br />

putzen<br />

0.08<br />

se<strong>in</strong><br />

0.41<br />

schlafen<br />

0.16<br />

essen<br />

0.12<br />

tr<strong>in</strong>ken<br />

0.10<br />

se<strong>in</strong><br />

0.41<br />

schlafen<br />

0.10<br />

kucken<br />

0.10<br />

essen<br />

0.07<br />

se<strong>in</strong><br />

0.40<br />

malen<br />

0.27<br />

schlafen<br />

0.12<br />

se<strong>in</strong><br />

0.31<br />

gehen<br />

0.17<br />

machen<br />

0.14<br />

se<strong>in</strong><br />

0.33<br />

gehen<br />

0.20<br />

haben<br />

0.08<br />

be<br />

go<br />

draw<br />

sleep<br />

eat<br />

come<br />

look<br />

clean<br />

eat<br />

sleep<br />

do<br />

put<br />

have<br />

look<br />

dr<strong>in</strong>k<br />

eat<br />

110<br />

17<br />

14<br />

12<br />

7<br />

4<br />

4<br />

2<br />

6<br />

6<br />

6<br />

3<br />

3<br />

2<br />

5<br />

4<br />

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