A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish
Core Vocabulary for Learners
Price: $105.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-33428-0
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 7th December 2005
- Pages: 296
About the Book
The only up-to-date frequency dictionary of Spanish currently available, this is an invaluable tool for all learners of Spanish that provides a list of the 5,000 most commonly used words in the language.
Based on a twenty million word corpus evenly divided between spoken, fiction and non-fiction texts from both Spain and Latin America, the Dictionary provides a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes to ensure maximum ease of access to the information and efficiency of use.
All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence and, where applicable, an indication of major register variation. The Dictionary also contains thirty thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics, such as animals, weather, materials, and family terms.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. Thematic Vocabulary List. List of Abbreviations. Introduction. References. Frequency Index. Alphabetical Index. Part of Speech Index
About the Author(s)
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Linguistics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Has published numerous articles on historical syntax and syntactic and lexical variations in Spanish and Portuguese, linguistic databases, and corpus linguistics. Creator of the Corpus del Espanol (www.corpusdelespanol.org), a 100-million word corpus of Spanish
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