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Peer reviewedRussell, I. Willis; Porter, Mary Gray – American Speech, 1979
Provides definitions for 24 new words or phrases in American English. Journal availability: see FL 512 361. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Language Usage, North American English, Vocabulary
Cronnell, Bruce – 1978
The orthographic compounds (two or more words written as one word) in M. Rhode and B. Cronnell's lexicon of words used by elementary school children are categorized in this paper, primarily in terms of related semantic/syntactic structures. Following a discussion of orthographic compounds, the paper mentions procedures used by Rhode and Cronnell…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classification, Elementary Education, Language Usage
Espanol para extranjeros: verbos mas frecuentes (Spanish for Foreigners: The Most Often Used Verbs).
Veciana, Roberto – Yelmo, 1978
Lists the Spanish verbs most frequently used, in order of frequency. (NCR)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Spanish
Rhode, Mary – 1975
The sources used, the procedures followed, and the results obtained in updating the kindergarten through grade six communication skills lexicon are covered in this report. The final list of 322 new terms included in the lexicon are appended. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Dictionaries, Elementary Education
Bradley, D. – Yelmo, 1979
Presents a list of new socio-political terms in Spanish that are being used more frequently in literature today. Definitions of the terms are included. (NCR)
Descriptors: Glossaries, Language Usage, Linguistic Borrowing, Political Issues
PDF pending restorationMalecot, Andre – 1975
This word frequency list was extracted from a corpus of fifty half-hour conversations recorded in Paris during the academic year 1967-68. The speakers, who did not know that they were being recorded, were all well-educated professionals and all speakers of the most standard dialect of French. The list is made up of all phonetically discrete words…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, French, Language Research
Download full textHall, William S.; And Others – 1980
The word frequency lists presented in this publication were compiled to create a database for further research into vocabulary use, especially the variation in vocabulary due to differences in situation and social group membership. Taken from the natural conversations of 40 target children (four and a half to five years old) with their families,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Computational Linguistics, Language Research, Language Styles
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. – 1966
This vocabulary guide is an alphabetical listing of English words and their equivalent in Chinyanja. A general list of verbs is included, as well as commonly used expressions for planned conversation. The basic expressions are intended for use in learning the health needs and problems of the Malawi community. (NCR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, African Culture, African Languages
Department of State, Washington, DC. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. – 1994
This phrasebook with wordlist is designed for speakers of Haitian Creole who are immigrants to the United States. The English phrases presented are grouped by subject and selected for their directness, brevity, and relevance to the needs of newly-arrived residents. Most are presented in the form of brief, two-line dialogues. Phrases and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Standards, Clothing, Communicative Competence (Languages)
