A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese - Core Vocabulary for Learners (Hardcover)

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters (simplified) most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word corpus composed of spoken, fiction, non-fiction and news texts in current use, the dictionary provides the user with a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes. All entries in the frequency list feature the English equivalent and a sample sentence with English translation. The Dictionary also contains thirty thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics such as food, weather, travel and time expressions. A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese enables students of all levels to maximize their study of Mandarin vocabulary in an efficient and engaging way. It is also an excellent resource for teachers of the language. A CD version is available to purchase separately. 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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Frequency Dictionaries
Release date:	September 2015
First published:	2009
Authors:	Richard Xiao • Paul Rayson • Tony McEnery
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	390
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-12979-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Dictionaries > Bilingual dictionaries Promotions
LSN:	1-138-12979-8
Barcode:	9781138129795

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