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Author : Xuhua Chen
Release : 2008
Genre : English language
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 133/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Comparisons of Word Frequencies in American and British English by : Xuhua Chen
Download or read book Comparisons of Word Frequencies in American and British English written by Xuhua Chen. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Knut Hofland
Release : 1982
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Word Frequencies in British and American English by : Knut Hofland
Download or read book Word Frequencies in British and American English written by Knut Hofland. This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey Leech
Release : 2014-06-11
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English by : Geoffrey Leech
Download or read book Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English written by Geoffrey Leech. This book was released on 2014-06-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English is a landmark volume in the development of vocabulary frequency studies. Whereas previous books have in general given frequency information about the written language only, this book provides information on both speech and writing. It not only gives information about the language as a whole, but also about the differences between spoken and written English, and between different spoken and written varieties of the language. The frequencies are derived from a wide ranging and up-to-date corpus of English: the British National Corpus, which was compiled from over 4,000 written texts and spoken transcriptions representing the present day language in the UK. The book is based on a new version of the corpus (available from 2001) providing more accurate grammatical information, which is essential (for example) for distinguishing words like leaves (noun) and leaves (verb) with different meanings. The book begins with a general introduction, explaining why such information is important and highlighting interesting linguistic findings that emerge from the statistical analysis of the British National Corpus vocabulary. It also contains twenty four 'interest boxes' which highlight and comment on different aspects of frequency - for example, the most common colour words in English in order of frequency, and a comparison of male words (e.g. man) and female words (e.g. woman) in terms of their frequency.
Author : Paul Baker
Release : 2017-09-19
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 063/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American and British English by : Paul Baker
Download or read book American and British English written by Paul Baker. This book was released on 2017-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is British English becoming more like American English? If so, why, and in what ways? This book compares examples of American and British language data from the 1930s, 1960s, 1990s and 2000s, to track the most important ways that both varieties are changing over time, and compares the extent to which they are following similar paths using a mixture of computer and human analysis. The analysis is carried out across several levels, including spelling differences (such as colour vs color), vocabulary (truck vs lorry), and a range of morphological, grammatical, semantic and pragmatic features. Baker explores the changing aspects of American and British society which help to explain the findings.
Author : Mark Davies
Release : 2010
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Book Rating : 641/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English by : Mark Davies
Download or read book A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English written by Mark Davies. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 British English, and grammar topics like the most frequent phrasal verbs are also covered. A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English is an engaging and efficient resource enabling students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary. It is also a rich resource for language teaching, research, curriculum design, and materials development. Former CD content is now available to access at www.routledge.com/9780415490634 as support material. Designed for use by corpus and computational linguists it provides the full text in a format that researchers can process and turn into suitable lists for their own research work.
