SUBTLEX- AL: Albanian word frequencies based on film subtitles

• Main Authors: Dr.Sc. Rrezarta Avdyli, Dr.Sc. Fernando Cuetos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Felix-Verlag 2013-06-01
• Series: ILIRIA International Review
• Subjects: word frequency; subtitles; Albanian; word recognition
• Online Access: http://iliriapublications.org/index.php/iir/article/view/112

Recently several studies have shown that word frequency estimation based on subtitle files explains better the variance in word recognition performance than traditional words frequency estimates did. The present study aims to show this frequency estimate in Albanian from more than 2M words coming from film subtitles. Our results show high correlation between the RT from a LD study (120 stimuli) and the SUBTLEX- AL, as well as, high correlation between this and the unique existing frequency list of a hundred more frequent Albanian words. These findings suggest that SUBTLEX-AL it is good frequency estimation, furthermore, this is the first database of frequency estimation in Albanian larger than 100 words.