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Author: Richard Xiao ,
Paul Rayson (Lancaster University, UK) ,
Tony McEnery
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.900kg
ISBN: 9781138129795
ISBN 10: 1138129798
Pages: 390
Publication Date: 29 September 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Tertiary & Higher Education
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""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 ""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 Grosvald, the University of California at Davis"
""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 ""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 Grosvald, the University of California at Davis
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 Grosvald, the University of California at Davis
Author Information
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.
