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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Lexicography

Background:

  • Psycholinguistic research requires robust datasets for stimulus generation.
  • Existing resources for Basque language structure and word properties are limited.
  • The need for a comprehensive, statistically-driven tool for Basque word analysis is evident.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce EHME, an online frequency dictionary for Basque structure.
  • To provide researchers with a tool for extracting Basque word and nonword stimuli.
  • To offer a wide range of statistical properties for Basque words.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an online program, EHME, utilizing a database of 22.7 million Basque tokens.
  • Inclusion of classical indexes (word frequency, orthographic structure, similarity, bigram/biphone frequency, syllable measures).
  • Integration of advanced measures: morphological structure frequency and word-similarity, indexed at lemma, morpheme, and word levels.

Main Results:

  • EHME offers a comprehensive set of statistical measures for Basque words.
  • The database includes reliability and validation analyses.
  • The application allows users to extract words based on specific statistical criteria or analyze provided word lists.

Conclusions:

  • EHME serves as a valuable resource for psycholinguistic research on the Basque language.
  • The freely available online tool facilitates the creation of tailored experimental stimuli.
  • The comprehensive statistical data supports in-depth analysis of Basque word properties.