A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English
Word Sketches, Collocates and Thematic Lists
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 368
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Routledge Frequency Dictionaries
- EAN: 9780415490634
- Utgivelsesår: 2010
- Bidragsyter: Davies, Mark; Gardner, Dee (Brigham Young University, USA)
A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English is an invaluable tool for all learners of American English, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the language.
The dictionary is based on data from a 385 million word corpus ¿ evenly balanced between spoken English (unscripted conversation from radio and TV shows); fiction (books, short stories, movie scripts); more than 100 popular magazines; ten newspapers; and 100 academic journals ¿ for a total of nearly 150,000 texts.
All entries in the rank frequency list also feature the top 20-30 collocates (nearby words) for that word, which provide valuable insight into the meaning and usage. Alphabetical and part-of speech indexes are provided for ease of use. The dictionary also contains 31 thematically organised and frequency-ranked lists of words on a variety of topics, such as family, sports, and food. New words in the language, differences between American and
