Abstract In this paper, we take up the challenge of exploring the relationship between markedness and frequency in phonotactics. The study is based on word-initial and word-final consonant clusters in Polish and English. The aim of this study is threefold. First, we establish logarithmic frequencies for word-initial and final consonant clusters compiled from two resources, a dictionary (or paradigm) and a written corpus. Second, we examine the preferability status of clusters in three frequency bands (high, mid, low) in terms of two phonotactic principles, i.e. sonority and Net Auditory Distance. Finally, we test the correlations between degrees of markedness and frequency. The present paper extends our previous studies on comparative Polish–English phonotactics, where markedness and frequency constitute the core of the analysis. The study shows that there is no relationship between cluster markedness and its frequency. As to frequencies, Polish and English differ from each other with respect to the distribution of clusters in the dictionary list, while the disproportions are neutralized in usage.

中文翻译：

---

趋音疗法的频率效应和显着性

摘要在本文中，我们面临着挑战，即在光心理疗法中探索标记与频率之间的关系。该研究基于波兰语和英语中的词首和词尾辅音簇。这项研究的目的是三方面的。首先，我们建立从两个资源（词典（或范式）和书面语料库）编译的单词初始和最终辅音簇的对数频率。其次，我们根据音素法和净听觉距离这两个音位原理，检查了三个频段（高，中，低）中群集的优先状态。最后，我们测试标记度和频率之间的相关性。本文扩展了我们先前对波兰-英语音韵方法的研究，其中标记和频率是分析的核心。研究表明，簇标记及其频率之间没有关系。关于频率，波兰语和英语在字典列表中的簇分布方面彼此不同，而使用中的比例则被抵消。