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2. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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   The number of distinct senses that are listed in Wiktionary is shown in the polysemy column. For example, "out" can refer to an escape, a removal from play in baseball, or any of 36 other concepts. On average, each word in the list has 15.38 senses. The sense count does not include the use of terms in phrasal verbs such as "put out" (as in ...

3. English language - Wikipedia

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   English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. [4] [5] [6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.

4. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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   The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the ...

5. Conversation - Wikipedia

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   Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people. The development of conversational skills and etiquette is an important part of socialization. The development of conversational skills in a new language is a frequent focus of language teaching and learning. Conversation analysis is a branch of sociology which studies the ...

6. Oxford English Corpus - Wikipedia

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   The Oxford English Corpus ( OEC) is a text corpus of 21st-century English, used by the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary and by Oxford University Press ' language research programme. It is the largest corpus of its kind, containing nearly 2.1 billion words. [1]

7. Conversation analysis - Wikipedia

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   Conversation analysis ( CA) is an approach to the study of social interaction that empirically investigates the mechanisms by which humans achieve mutual understanding. [1] It focuses on both verbal and non-verbal conduct, especially in situations of everyday life. CA originated as a sociological method, but has since spread to other fields.