A Frequency Dictionary of Persian

Description

A Frequency Dictionary of Persian is an invaluable tool for all learners of Persian, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the language. Based on a 150 million word corpus of written and spoken Persian texts from the Iranian world, the Dictionary provides the user with a detailed frequency-based list, plus alphabetical and part-of-speech indices. All entries feature the English equivalent, and an example of use in context. The Dictionary also features thematically-based lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics. Also featured are some grammatically-oriented lists, such as simple verbs and light verb constructions, and comparisons of different ways of expressing the months of the year. The Dictionary provides a rich resource for language teaching and curriculum design, while a separate CD version provides the full text in a tab-delimited format ideally suited for use by corpus and computational linguists. A Frequency Dictionary of Persian enables students of all levels to build on their study of Persian in an efficient and engaging way. A Frequency Dictionary of Persian- Front Cover A Frequency Dictionary of Persian Title Page Copyright Page Contents Thematic vocabulary lists Series preface References Acknowledgments Introduction Purpose Corpora Data Processing References Frequency index 1 Animals 2 Body 3 Clothing 4 Colors 5 Countries 6 Electronics 7 Emotion 8 Family 9 Female names 10 Food 11 Health 12 Last names 13 Light verb constructions 14 Male names 15 Materials 16 Nationalities 17 Nature 18 Politics 19 Professions 20 Religion 21 Simple verbs 22 Sports 23 Time 24 Days (in day order) 25 Persian months (by month order) 26 Dari months (by month order) 27 Islamic months (by month order) 28 French months (by month order) 29 Transport 30 War 31 Weather Alphabetical index Part of speech index