Polylinguality and Transcultural PracticesPolylinguality and Transcultural Practices2618-897X2618-8988Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2308The main approaches to the minimization of vocabulary in Russian and European learning lexicographyMarkinaE IКафедра дидактической лингвистики и теории преподаваниярусского языка как иностранного; Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова; The Lomonosov Moscow State Universityrkigf@philol.msu.ruRuiz-Zorrilla CruzateMarcКафедра общего языкознания; Барселонский университетБарселона, Испания; The University of BarcelonaBarcelona, Spainm.ruizzorrilla@gmail.comThe Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityThe University of BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain150320113778405092016Copyright © 2011, Markina E.I., Ruiz-Zorrilla Cruzate M.2011The article examines the main differences in the approaches of Russian and European specialists to the principles of selection of words, to definition of a volume of a lexical minimum and sources for its composing. The possibilities of using text corpora for demonstration of different aspects of word usage are also discussed.minimizatonlexical minimumthe principles of selecting wordsfrequencytext corporaминимизациялексический минимумпринципы отбора лексических единицчастотностькорпус текстов