A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners (Routledge Frequency Dictionaries) (English and Spanish Edition) 1st Edition

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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

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Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Linguistics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Has published numerous articles on historical syntax and syntactic and lexical variations in Spanish and Portuguese, linguistic databases, and corpus linguistics. Creator of the Corpus del Espanol (www.corpusdelespanol.org), a 100-million word corpus of Spanish

Series: Routledge Frequency Dictionaries
Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 7, 2006)
Language: English, Spanish
ISBN-10: 0415334292
ISBN-13: 978-0415334297
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best book for spanish frequency

ByTennisDocon May 22, 2017

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Very well written. Concise, clear to the point, and very informative. It was more than I expected to be honest, and I will keep using this as I learn.

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A good buy.

BySkepticon January 7, 2017

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It's a lazy learner's paradise. The only drawback is the Spanish sentence example does not have an English translation.

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Excellent Tool for Intermediate-level Students

ByCharles W. Strongon March 22, 2011

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After learning the basic vocabulary of a language from a class or a self-study book, we are likely to wonder what we can do to expand our vocabulary. This is where a frequency dictionary is helpful. It is NOT useful for beginners for several reasons. To begin with, such lists must begin with the most common words, and these happen to be the glue that holds discourse together--articles, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, etc.--and you can't do much with them by themselves. The thousand or so words which are essential to everyday conversation are actually spread out over the first three or four thousand words of a word-frequency list. This happens because any samples which are drawn from conversation are drowned in the sea of printed-word samples, and as you know, the vocabulary of newspapers, books, and articles is not the same as that of casual speech.

If you have a basic vocabulary of 1200 to 1500 words, you can use a word-frequency list to advantage, simply by starting at the beginning and scanning through it until you have accrued a small group of words that you don't know, which you can then put on a list or on flashcards. When you have learned these, move on to the next group, etc. There is real point in doing this because you know you are moving from more common to less common vocabulary in terms of actual use. (Of course, you will want to look in a good dictionary when you have chosen words because you will want to have a clear sense of their meanings.)

I think that this is much more sensible than trying to build vocabulary from word-lists that are arranged thematically. Suppose you spend a lot of energy learning the words for all of the parts of the human body: what will you say to make use of them all, and how will you keep them in your memory? And then do you go on to all of the parts of the airplane from cockpit to ailerons? That doesn't sound very useful.

This book has current vocabulary, is well-organized, has actual (not invented) sample sentences, and includes interesting and useful "call-out boxes." At this moment, it is the best word-frequency list abailable for Spanish.

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Stellar idea, needs expansion and better editing

ByJoan Liuton March 27, 2012

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A vocabulary list/dictionary ordered by frequency of word use is such a valuable tool that I really think the authors should make it a personal priority to triple the length to 15,000 words- at a minimum. 30,000 words would be even better if feasible.

Another priority is to edit it, since it contains many errors and some questionable translations. I, at any rate, noted that the word "tejer" is translated "to sew or weave". I have learned "tejer" as meaning "to knit" (weaving may well be another meaning) and "coser" as meaning "to sew". I use those words with native speakers. Many of the typos I see are clearly the result of uncorrected computer scanning.

I would not recommend the resource to those who don't want to master the Spanish language. Tourists may find the terms less practical than expected- a well designed tourist course will have more practical vocabulary lists. I noticed the term for "bathroom" wasn't even featured.

I strongly believe that anyone composing a vocabulary list for a course in Spanish should consult this list before including a term, especially for first year Spanish. If a word is going to be taught to students, it needs to have some reasonable frequency. Coming up with categories and then shoehorning ones vocuabluary choices into that set of categories is what leads to giving students obscure and inappropriate terms to learn. It would be better to make sure that each and every word will be useful in the real world, and this resource can be part of that judgement (though other factors do come into consideration besides just frequency).

If suitably improved, this can be one of the most valuable tools that the serious student or teacher of Spanish could own. Even as is, it is well worth a rental or a purchase.

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a must for language teachers

ByLCon April 4, 2014

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I love this. I spend too much time with it. I even bought two - one for school and one for home. I like to check that the vocabulary I am teaching is practical...how often is this word used in the whole Spanish-speaking world (not just the small portion where I lived). I hope this helps me be a better teacher and better prepare my students for a global experience with the Spanish language.

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Four Stars

ByAmazon Customeron March 23, 2017

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very useful for my student.

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Thank you Mr. Davies.

ByCarsonon July 17, 2015

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I love this book! It has helped me master Spanish more quickly. This is a great learning tool and the indices the back are most helpful. Thank you Mr. Davies for compiling, writing, or editing this great book.

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This is an outstanding aid to learning vocabulary with brief definitions but also with a phrase or sentence illustrating actual usage.Read more

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Exactly what I needed for vocabulary!

This book is a great source when you want to use Anki or make flashcards to learn vocabulary.

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and I generally like the organization of the text

It does what it says, and I generally like the organization of the text. However, the paper and print seem to be low-quality--I feel like I got a counterfeit copy.Read more

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Excellent resource book for teaching or learning Spanish

Excellent resource book for teaching or learning Spanish. This book is a long waited and much needed addition to the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language.Read more

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I love this book. I will get this book for every language I learn. I also have the one for Chinese and it's awesome too.Read more

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Essential Tool

No matter how you go about learning Spanish, this book is an essential tool to have. The only thing that didn't quite work for me were the example sentences.

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