Longman dictionary of contemporany english (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582237505 ISBN 13: 9780582237506

Verlag: Longman Italia, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

This new dictionary reveals for the first time the richness of the English language, from natural informal conversation to literature and business language, ail based on the 100 million word British National Corpus, the 30 million word Longman Lancaster Corpus, the only corpus of British and American speech, and the 5 million word Longman Learners Corpus. New Spoken English The only dictionary to recognise the importance of spoken English, showing the words and phrases used to communicate naturally in spoken English. New Frequency information The most frequent words in spoken and written English are marked, to show learners which words are important. Over 150 graphs compare the frequency of words in spoken and written English, British and American usage, and frequency of collocations, grammar patterns and synonyms. New Phrases and collocations This dictionary highlights thousands of phrases and collocations in the clearest possible way. New Easy access "Signposts" and menus in longer entries guide you straight to the meaning you want, quickly. New Usage notes All new Usage Notes based on analysis of the Longman Learner's Corpus. New Colour Illustrations Over 2300 words illustrated, including 24 pages of full colour. New Wider coverage: clearer definitions * Over 80,000 words and phrases with easy-to-understand definitions, expertly written, using the Longman Defining Vocabulary of 2000 common words. * New words like surfing the net and snail mail.

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Based on the 100-million word British National Corpus and the Longman Corpus Network, this dictionary explores a vivid and exciting area of English - spoken English. It also pinpoints the language patterns and grammar unique to spoken English. The 2000-word Longman Defining Vocabulary is made up of words students already know, and the dictionary's definitions have been written using this familiar set of core words.

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• Verlag: Longman Italia
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0582237505
• ISBN 13: 9780582237506
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1754
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien