Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese

— —

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

Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese

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

$77.99

Paperback

In stock
Ready to ship

QTY:

Chinese

Routledge
27 February 2009

Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries; Languages & ESL; Chinese - Specialist Dictionary; Chinese - Vocabulary; Chinese - Languages

Series: Routledge Frequency Dictionaries

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.

Former CD content is now available to access at www.routledge.com/9780415455862 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.

By: Richard Xiao (Edge Hill University Lancashire UK), Paul Rayson (Lancaster University, UK), Tony McEnery (University of Lancaster, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9780415455862
ISBN 10: 0415455863
Series: Routledge Frequency Dictionaries
Pages: 390
Publication Date: 27 February 2009
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Edge Hill University, Lancashire, UK University of Lancaster, UK

Reviews for Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese

Xiao, Rayson and McEnery's frequency dictionary is an impressive work that will undoubtedly prove useful to students, teachers, and - because of the detailed statistical information that is given - perhaps to researchers as well...my main reaction upon perusing this book has been a feeling of regret that it was not available to me years ago when I was first studying Chinese. --Michael Grosvold, the University of California at Davis