A Frequency Dictionary of British English provides information
about the frequency and distribution of words in British English.
The dictionary presents rich information about word frequencies and
distributions in an accessible manner. In addition to textual and
numerical information, the dictionary offers a range of
visualisations to help understand the statistical properties of
words. These visualisations are especially important for
pedagogical uses of the book. This book also includes vocabulary
exercises for learners of English to activate their vocabulary with
the help of the dictionary. The dictionary is based on extensive
research on current British English using the British National
Corpus 2014, a 100-million-word corpus of contemporary British
English developed at Lancaster University. The corpus represents a
wide range of genres/registers of spoken and written English,
including informal speech, fiction, newspapers, academic writing
and e-language. Additional support materials for this book are
available at https://lancslex.lancs.ac.uk This dictionary is
designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of users interested in
current British English vocabulary including students, educators,
journalists, material developers and researchers.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Frequency Dictionaries |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
First published: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Vaclav Brezina
• Dana Gablasova
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 174mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-227271-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-227271-6 |
Barcode: |
9781032272719 |
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