Frequency Dictionary of Persian

<p><em>A Frequency Dictionary of Persian</em> is an invaluable tool for all learners of Persian providing a list of the 5000 most frequently used words in the language. </p> <p></p> <p>Based on a 150 million word corpus of written and spoken Persian texts from the Iranian world the <em>Dictionary</em> 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<em> Dictionary</em> 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.</p> <p></p> <p>The <em>Dictionary</em> 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.</p><i> <p></p> <p>A Frequency Dictionary of Persian</i> enables students of all levels to build on their study of Persian in an efficient and engaging way.</p>