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AVILA MUNOZ, Antonio Manuel. Initial proposal for the development of the hispanic lexico-statistical tradition: the lexical centrality index. Nueva rev. filol. hisp. [online]. 2023, vol.71, n.1, pp.3-30.  Epub 20-Fev-2023. ISSN 2448-6558.  https://doi.org/10.24201/nrfh.v71i1.3838.

Our aim is to present a new statistical index for lexical studies. The lexical centrality index (LCI) stems from a constructive historical-critical revision of the Hispanic lexico-statistical tradition, centering especially on the nature of the lexical availability index which, when it appeared, served as a complement to the lexical frequency index. The revision goes back to the origins of traditional pan-Hispanic lexical projects, whose relevance is well known in the field of lexico-statistics. The LCI has possible applications which continue in this tradition and which open up ways of studying that complement those used in previous projects.

Palavras-chave : lexical centrality index; availability index; lexical statistics; pan-Hispanic projects for lexical studies; theoretical model.