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From: kimb@aisb.ed.ac.uk (Kim Binsted)
Subject: Wanted: lexicon with reading ages 
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Organization: Dept of AI, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 16:18:45 GMT
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Hi. I'm looking for an on-line lexicon or word-list with 
information about the `reading age' (ie. age at which a
child might be expected to be able to read, and be familiar 
with, the word) for each entry.

I need this in order to restrict my NL generator (hooked
up to WordNet) to a very simple vocabulary, suitable for
7-10 year olds. The WordNet `familiarity' (polysemy) measure
isn't suitable for this purpose. If you can think of a better 
way, please let me know! 

Thanks for your help.

Kim.

Kim Binsted
Dept of AI, University of Edinburgh
kimb@aisb.ed.ac.uk http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/students/kimb


