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1. Corpus-Based Contrastive Studies of English and Chinese

   By Tony McEnery, Richard Xiao

   Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

   This book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important yet genetically different world languages. This genetic difference has resulted in many subsidiary differences that are, among other things, related to grammar. Compared...

   Published June 7th 2010 by Routledge
2. A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese

   Core Vocabulary for Learners

   By Richard Xiao, Paul Rayson, Tony McEnery

   Series: Routledge Frequency Dictionaries

   A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters (simplified) most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word corpus composed of spoken, fiction,...

   Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
3. Corpus-Based Language Studies

   An Advanced Resource Book

   By Anthony McEnery, Richard Xiao, Yukio Tono

   Series: Routledge Applied Linguistics

   Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics. Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to...

   Published December 21st 2005 by Routledge