create the codebook for frequent words

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Here we introduce a new way to classifying words to support memorization, and entirely avoid classical grammatical grouping. For example, words that indicate spatial or temporal aspects, are grouped together into visual maps.

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The below list is an indication of how the categorization of words may look like. Each category consist of sub-categories, which are the basis for frequently used wordlists in that context. For example:

• time
  • seasons
  • clock
  • calendar (days, months)
  • descriptive (e.g. "past and future" or "not yet")
  • metrics

Below a non-exhaustive list of categories with indications of sub-categories:

• space
  • distances
  • sizes
  • dimensions
• human/persons
  • courtesy
  • family
  • professions
  • hierarchy
• preferences
• possessions
• doing/activities
• quantitative
• qualitative
• Questions/enquiry
• transformation
• natural phenomena
• cultural activities
• shopping/transactional
• etiquettes
• relations
• food
• senses
  • sounds
  • smells
  • sensations
  • tastes
  • sights

The goal is to focus on categories that are human-centered, as opposed to grammar, which is mechanical.