A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners (Routledge Frequency Dictionaries)

Routledge Frequency Dictionaries

by Mark Davies

The only up-to-date frequency dictionary of Spanish currently available, this is an invaluable tool for all learners of Spanish that provides a list of the 5,000 most commonly used words in the language. Based on a twenty million word corpus evenly divided between spoken, fiction and non-fiction texts from both Spain and Latin America, the Dictionary provides a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes to ensure maximum ease of access to the information and efficiency of use. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence and, where applicable, an indication of major register variation. The Dictionary also contains thirty thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics, such as animals, weather, materials, and family terms. 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

Genres: Reference, Spanish Literature, Language, Nonfiction, Linguistics

296 pages, Hardcover

Published January 13, 2006

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best frequency dictionary I've ever found, bar none. Has a Spanish phrase and English translation for each word. Has an alphabetical list in addition to the main frequency list. I went through it to fill in any patches I may have in my vocabulary, and they seem to have used a reasonably well-rounded corpus. Excellent book.

[Anna Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished head listing this book using the Gold List Method on July 8th, 2018.

[Sergei Jerestsenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent dictionary especially for beginners!