Richard Xiao (Edge Hill University, Lancashire, UK), Paul Rayson (UK Lancaster University), Tony McEnery

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese

Core Vocabulary for Learners

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Suitable for learners of Mandarin Chinese, this dictionary provides a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word corpus composed of spoken, fiction, non-fiction and news texts, it provides the user with a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical index.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Frequency Dictionaries
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU51736
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 174mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9780415455862
• ISBN-10: 0415455863
• Artikelnr.: 23604807

Autorenporträt

Richard Xiao is Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Chinese Studies at Edge Hill University. Paul Rayson is Director of the University Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language and a teaching fellow at Lancaster University. Tony McEnery is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University.

Inhaltsangabe

Thematic vocabulary list, Introduction, The ICTCLAS part of speech annotation Scheme, Frequency index, Alphabetical index, Part of speech index, Character frequency index

Rezensionen

"Built on a philosophy that reflects this recognition, this frequency dictionary should prove an invaluable tool for guiding learners and teachers of Mandarin Chinese as a second or foreign language in determining what kinds of vocabulary to focus their time and energy on at different stages of lanaguage learning process or curriculum."
- Xiaofei Lu, Penn State University, USA

"Built on a philosophy that reflects this recognition, this frequency dictionary should prove an invaluable tool for guiding learners and teachers of Mandarin Chinese as a second or foreign language in determining what kinds of vocabulary to focus their time and energy on at different stages of lanaguage learning process or curriculum."
- Xiaofei Lu, Penn State University, USA