On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:50 AM, bob therriault <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was looking for hotspots to improve my understanding of the way adverbs 
> could be understood ...

If we limit our consideration to primitive adverbs, and if we look at their
frequence of use in dirtree '*.ijs' files (with require'dir'), I get
the following
counts:

4701 /
3645 ~
1562 \
1245 }
 198 f.
 179 \.
 138 b.
  78 /.
   6 t:
   4 M.
   1 t.

If we also include primitive conjunctions (recognizing that
every conjunction may be used as an adjective), I get:

17239 "
10714 :
7015 &
6049 @
2359 !:
1524 `
 934 ;.
 896 &.
 680 @:
 585 ^:
 420 ::
 400 .
 200 @.
 120 !.
  69 ..
  32 :.
  32 &:
  29 L:
  17 S:
  15 `:
  15 &.:
   8 .:
   4 H.
   4 D.
   2 d.
   1 T.
   1 D:

Presumably the more frequently occurring primitives
deserve some consideration, as potential "hotspots".

FYI,

-- 
Raul
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