core vocabulary

collocation in English

meaningsofcoreandvocabulary

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core
adjective
uk
/kɔːr/us
/kɔːr/
most important or ...
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vocabulary
noun
uk
/vəˈkæb.jə.lər.i/us
/voʊˈkæb.jə.ler.i/
all the words known and used by a ...
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(Definition ofcoreandvocabularyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcore vocabulary

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Teachers everywhere learn, and then teach, the same grammar and the samecorevocabulary.
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It is also possible to spell words that are not included in thecorevocabulary.
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These inherited cultural vocabularies exhibit regular sound correspondences established in the analysis ofcorevocabularywords.
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We taught acorevocabularyof gesture+spoken symbols.
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Specifically, the experimenters modelled acorevocabularyof 12 gestures/words to the children during each visit.
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Like partly assimilated loans, they, too, may be exempt from some of the constraints that govern thecorevocabularyof the language.
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Specifically, we implemented an abbreviated language intervention protocol that involved frequent modelling of acorevocabularyin the gesture+verbal modalities.
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Those other languages have a smallcorevocabulary, but lots of complicated processes to produce additional lexical items.
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Within vocabulary, cultural items are borrowed beforecorevocabulary, nongrammatical items before grammatical ones, nouns before verbs, and so on.
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Applying lexicostatistics begins with analyzing 100-word lists ofcorevocabulary: words for basic nouns, verbs, body parts and elements in nature.
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From 100-wordcorevocabularylists, comparative linguists identify and count cognates - words with similar meanings and sound sequences - shared by pairs of languages.
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The highlighting ofcorevocabularyis rather hit-andmiss, and the tinting is not very attractive and easy to overlook.
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Corevocabularyrepresents the majority (73-90%) of words used by toddlers and preschool children.
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Therefore, a first-level student should graduate with acorevocabularyof around 1200 words.
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Both use a 1500 wordcorevocabulary, short sentences, and slow delivery (about 90 wpm).
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There are a number of possible cognates in thecorevocabulary.
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Reporters avoid idioms and use acorevocabularyof about 1500 words, plus any terms needed to explain a story.
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In the beginning of therapy, most will work on identifying key objects and establishing an initialcorevocabularyof signs.
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An altlang will typically base itself on thecorevocabularyof one language and the phonology of another.
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