The Use of Dictionaries.pptVIP

2.3.2 Attention to collocation ?wind1 1 […] strong/high winds The forecast is for strong winds and heavy rain. | gale/hurricane force winds […] The light wind ruffled the water. ?rain1 1 […] heavy/torrential/pouring rain (=a lot of rain) There will be heavy rain in most parts of the country. | The light rain had stopped. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE4 2003) have knowledge acquire/gain knowledge (= learn something) technical/scientific knowledge in-depth knowledge detailed knowledge specialist knowledge (= knowledge about a particular subject) first-hand/personal knowledge (knowledge from experiencing something for yourself) ... You need specialist knowledge to do this job. | [+ of] His knowledge of ancient civilization is unrivalled. | [+ about] the need to increase knowledge about birth control | Many of the students did not have much knowledge of American history. | salesmen with good technical knowledge of what they are selling ... Knowledge (LDOCE4) 2.3.2 Attention to collocation 2.3.3 Rich examples LDOCE4 contains the largest number of examples—155,000 in all. On its CD-ROM there are 80,000 additional examples plus over a million corpus sentences. 2.3.4 Information about word frequencies LDOCE4 marks the first 3000 most frequently used words in speech and writing in the form of S1 S2 S3 W1 W2 W3 In Macmillan English Dictionary there are also three frequency bands, but they cover about 7,300 words: ? ★★★ 2300 very high frequency words ★★ 2360 high frequency words ★ 2640 quite high frequency words. 2.3.4 Information about word frequencies COBUILD3 distinguishes five frequency bands totaling 14,600 words: ? ◆◆◆◆◆ 680 words ◆◆◆◆◇ 1040 words ◆◆◆◇◇ 1580 words ◆◆◇◇◇ 3200 words ◆◇◇◇◇ 8100 words 2.3.4 Information about word frequencies 2.3.4 Information about word frequencies as proficient as a good English-major graduate 14000 have a basic working knowledge of English 7000 talk about a wide range of everyday topics