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Word frequency dataCorpus of Contemporary American English

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$http://www.wordfrequency.info%, and creating a link #rom that site to this+ .here is unique in#ormation in

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link immediatel* or to remo(e the list #rom the we)+ .hanks #or *our understanding+

+ 2ou can cop* and paste this ta)le into 3&cel and then re!sort )* word $alpha)etical% or part o# speech+

4+ .he rank order is a #unction o# )oth #requenc* and 5dispersion5, which measures how e(enl* the word is

corpus $1 most e(enl* distri)uted7 0 appears irregularl* in #ew te&ts%+

8+ .he #ree list contains 9ust the )are list o# the top ,000 words in American 3nglish+ t is also possi)le to do

that contain the top 0!40 collocates $near)* words% #or each o# these words !! which pro(ides use#ul in#orm

meaning and usage !! as well as to see which words are most common in certain genres $e+g+ spoken or acad

 possi)le to download highl* accurate lists #or the top 10,000, the top 0,000 words, and the top 60,000 word

their top collocates as well+

+ Part o# speech codes can )e #ound at http-//ucrel+lancs+ac+uk/claws:tags+html+

6+ # *ou want a printed (ersion o# the list with collocates, genre in#ormation, etc, *ou might consider the )o

 Dictionary of American English: word sketches, collocates, and thematic lists $;outledge, 2010).

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