| The mathematicians that study language and have lots | | | | each of the 9,900 language word pairs. |
| of computing power are forming English language | | | | Some observations for language students and |
| word databases. These word databases can be used | | | | language teachers is the translation pool for just |
| for machine language translation, formulas to rank | | | | average translations is 9900 words. The big variable is |
| collocation, most used priority word lists, word grouping | | | | context, which means that a word can be used in |
| tendencies and other linguistics research. | | | | various formats: "formal, industry specific jargon, slang, |
| These frequency-based wordlists contain the words | | | | idioms, act a different part of speech performing a |
| that are most used in English. Frequency-based | | | | different function within that particular meaning. If every |
| wordlists can help you target specific English | | | | word has an average of five context variables then |
| vocabulary by indicating which words you should try to | | | | the student really has to learn 50,000 items. It is |
| learn first. Perfecting the core 1000 English words will | | | | important for English language students to be careful in |
| accelerate your English language learning and English | | | | selecting the English words which are learned first |
| language comprehension. | | | | As final conclusions: second language learning takes |
| Vocabulary analysis and summaries from the "Brown | | | | time and effort and there should be plenty of |
| Corpus 1990". | | | | translation jobs for the next 20 years if you are willing |
| Table 1 | | | | to invest the seven to nine years to be proficient. |
| Words - Percent of words in average text | | | | In the following example the word "weather" can be |
| 86,741 - 99.99% | | | | used in about eight different contexts and be used to |
| 43,831 - 99.0% | | | | mean, define or explain about thirty different situations |
| 15,851 - 97.8% | | | | or conditions. To properly study vocabulary students |
| 6,000 - 89.9% | | | | require background information and context. |
| 5,000 - 88.6% | | | | "Weather" |
| 4,000 - 86.7% | | | | As a Noun |
| 3,000 - 84.0% | | | | Definition 1. the state of the atmosphere at a particular |
| 2,000 - 79.7% | | | | place and time as characterized by sunshine, moisture, |
| 1,000 - 72.0% | | | | temperature, precipitation, and other variables. |
| 10 - 23.7% | | | | Similar Words: elements, climate |
| Table 1 shows us that in most written English just a | | | | Definition 2. unpleasant, turbulent, or violent atmospheric |
| few word types account for most of the English | | | | conditions. |
| words in any text. Ten words account for 23.7 % of | | | | Example: We needed shelter from the weather. |
| the words on any page and just 1000 word families | | | | Similar Words: gale, elements, blow, windstorm , storm |
| account for more than 70% of the words used. | | | | As a Transitive Verb |
| The ESL in Canada English Immersion camps | | | | Inflected Forms: weathered, weathering, weathers |
| experimented with the 1000 word lists and used them | | | | Definition 1. to dry, season, or modify by exposing to |
| for the core vocabulary for spelling, poetry writing and | | | | weather. |
| public speaking contests. The constant English | | | | Similar Words: season , dry |
| language reinforcement and repetition with variable | | | | Definition 2. to discolor, deteriorate, or harm by |
| context was quickly absorbed by the beginner | | | | exposing to weather. |
| students and greatly increased their confidence when | | | | Similar Words wash , rot , erode, deteriorate |
| listening, reading, speaking or writing. | | | | Definition 3. to endure past the end of; survive. |
| Altavista's Babelfish or Google by Systran machine | | | | Example Their marriage weathered the hard times. |
| translation performs with an error rate of 20 to 30 | | | | Synonyms: withstand , survive, stand, outlast , endure , |
| percent. The large error rate is due to how a word's | | | | ride out |
| meaning varies with context. | | | | Similar Words: overcome, surmount, outlive, sustain, |
| One example: | | | | brave |
| The flu spread quickly and soon everyone was under | | | | As an Intransitive Verb |
| the weather.translated from English to German and | | | | Definition 1. to resist deterioration when exposed to |
| back again only to yield | | | | weather. |
| The flu that has become fast and shortly each one | | | | Example: The colour has been able to weather the |
| verbritten, was under the time. | | | | intense sun shine. |
| So far Babelfish has 19 language pairs available and it | | | | Definition 2. |
| has taken decades to develop language-pair rules for | | | | |