700 'semantic molecules'
"The estimate of 700 'semantic molecules' is based on the statistics that are partially given in Appendix 2."
https://academic.oup.com/ijl/article-abstract/24/2/226/952719/NSM-LDOCE-A-Non-Circular-Dictionary-of-English?redirectedFrom=fulltext
unfortunately, I can't have access to that Appendix nor to the main paper ...
toot ! 🐘
#semantic #SemanticMolecules #level700 #words #nimi #selo700 #sona #toki
"Out of the 947 headwords referenced in NSM-LDOCE definitions, only 653 are referenced more than once."
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