A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English
Gardner, Dee / Davies, Mark
A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English is an invaluable tool for all learners of American English, providing a list of the 5, 000 most frequently used words in the language. The dictionary is based on data from a 385 million word corpus evenly balanced between spoken English (unscripted conversation from radio and TV shows), fiction (books, short stories, movie scripts), more than 100 popular magazines, ten newspapers, and 100...