Frequency in the Dictionary

A Corpus-Assisted Contrastive Analysis of English and Italian

AvDominic Stewart,Maurizio Gotti

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

This book is concerned with frequency in foreignlanguage learning, and in particular withcontrastive frequency across languages. Thefocus is on the learning of English and Italian,whether it be English speakers learning Italianor Italian speakers learning English. Despitethe fact that frequency – whether it be oflemmas or of word forms within specific lexicogrammaticalenvironments – lies at theheart of L2 learning, it is not stressed in anysalient or consistent manner in English / Italianlanguage-learning materials. This work aimsto redress the balance, offering a corpusassistedcritical analysis of the way frequencyis handled in English and Italian dictionaries,and bringing out unexpected differencesbetween the two languages.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-29
Mått:150 x 225 x 0 mm
Vikt:330 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Linguistic Insights
Antal sidor:178
Förlag:Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN:9783034343688

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Dominic Stewart teaches linguistics and Italian-English translation at the Department ofHumanities, University of Trento, Italy, havingpreviously taught at the Universities of Macerata,Bologna and Verona. He publishesmainly in the areas of corpus linguistics andtranslation.

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Acknowledgements – Introduction –The pervasiveness of frequency in language analysis and in language learning – Comparative frequencies of cognates and conventional equivalents across English and Italian – 3. The frequency of verb forms within specific grammatical categories as reported in English and Italian dictionaries – Passive and progressive labels in English monolingual learner’s dictionaries – The frequency of negatives in English and Italian – Lexical environment across English and Italian – Lexical and grammatical environment, a case study: English territory vs Italian territorio – Limitations of the research – Conclusion – References – Index