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Direct linkGardner, Dee; Davies, Mark – Applied Linguistics, 2014
This article presents our new Academic Vocabulary List (AVL), derived from a 120-million-word academic subcorpus of the 425-million-word Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA; Davies 2012). We first explore reasons why a new academic core list is warranted, and why such a list is still needed in English language education. We also provide…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Word Lists, English Instruction, Word Frequency
Download full textPeace Corps, Washington, DC. – 1964
This glossary presents approximately 500 agricultural terms in English and Farsi. The English words are given with the Farsi translation. The terms in Farsi are written in Romanized spelling as well as Farsi script. (AMH)
Descriptors: Agriculture, English, Persian, Word Lists
Peer reviewedTeschner, Richard V.; Flemming, Jennifer – Hispania, 1996
Presents a conflation of and a comparison between the 1,646 verbs the Royal Academy's "Diccionario de la lengua espanola" (Dictionary of the Spanish Language) classifies as solely or partly intransitive and the 1,382 verbs that are so classified by the "Pequeno Larousse ilustrado" (Illustrated Larousse Small Dictionary).…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Spanish, Verbs, Word Lists
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. – 1979
This 7,000-word dictionary is designed for English speakers learning Dari. The dictionary consists of two parts, the first a reference to find words easily translatable from one language to the other, the second a list of idioms and short phrases commonly used in everyday conversation, yet not readily translatable. Many of these entries have no…
Descriptors: Idioms, Multilingual Materials, Phonetic Transcription, Vocabulary
Peer reviewedFry, Edward – Reading Teacher, 1980
Presents an updated version of the Instant Word List, based on recent research into word frequencies. Explains why the instant words are important, the basis of the new list, and the uses of the list. (FL)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Word Frequency, Word Lists
Meta, 1979
Provides definitions for 43 new French terms related to health and medicine. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, French, Health, Lexicography
Lin, Helen T. – 1981
A survey of common daily expressions in use in the People's Republic of China (PRC) was conducted during the summer of 1979. It was considered a preliminary attempt towards solving the problem of inadequate teaching material for the study of Chinese. A questionnaire was developed and administered to more than 200 individuals. One hundred…
Descriptors: Chinese, Higher Education, Ideography, Secondary Education
Sloan, Mohammad Ismail – 1981
This first to be published dictionary of Khowar has two parts, an introduction and the Khowar-English dictionary itself. The introduction describes Khowar, the primary language of the Chitral District of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. Khowar is described as an Indo-European language that came to the isolated Chitral valley more than…
Descriptors: Definitions, Diachronic Linguistics, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Vocabulary
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
Herner and Co., Washington, DC. – 1978
The thesaurus contains approximately 4,000 terms used in indexing material for the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. It is explained that the descriptor compilation was first developed in 1975 from existing thesauri and dictionaries. Descriptors are arranged in alphabetic, permuted and group displays, and listings include references to…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Indexes, Information Retrieval
Texas School for the Deaf, Austin. – 1978
The booklet contains illustrations of 100 basic signs for use by school employees in working with the deaf. The signs were chosen for inclusion in the booklet by a committee which reviewed hundreds of signs and evaluated their importance in communicating with the deaf. The illustrations, taken in large part from the "Preferred Signs for…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Safety, School Personnel
Peer reviewedChan, Marjorie K. M.; He, Baozhang – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1988
Investigates the relationship between traditional and simplified characters of Chinese to determine the systematic ways in which traditional forms are simplified. The one thousand most frequently used characters and their simplified forms, if any, are listed in order of frequency of use. (DJD)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Chinese, Ideography, Language Planning
Campbell, Clifton Paul – 1977
Numerical control, a technique for automatically controlling equipment, is a system in which machine actions are determined by symbolic data recorded on a suitable media. This glossary of standardized nomenclature for numerical control defines and describes some 286 technical words and terms. Numerous entries are defined and described as they…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Definitions, Equipment, Glossaries
de Villers-Sidani, Marie-Eva, Comp.; And Others – 1974
This vocabulary list consists of 84 commonly used terms and expressions pertaining to the sale of store merchandise. The vocabulary items are listed alphabetically in English, with the French equivalent given opposite the English. In many cases, explanatory notes and examples illustrating the use of individual items are included. An alphabetical…
Descriptors: English, French, Glossaries, Language Instruction
Woolley, Robert D. – 1976
This thesaurus is designed to be a vocabulary for indexing and retrieving bibliographic material concerning any aspect of land use or resource planning. The scope of the vocabulary is interdisciplinary. Economics, geography, history, demography, and sociological terms are included as well as a large number of scientific, technical, and natural…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Land Use, Natural Resources, Subject Index Terms
