October 26th 2023
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https://xkcd.com/2421/
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Collocations
- a brief definition
- broad, general features
- relevance
- collocation types
Collocations
A collocation is a combination of two or more words which frequently occur together
very strongly associated words
wider range of possible combinations
NB: go for the unexpected
NB: fixed collocations (idioms)
Collocations
Revelant to progress towards expert use of language
- to be more accurate (e.g. avoid interference from other known languages)
- to sound more natural (e.g. establish your credibility, state your authority)
- to vary speech/writing
- to improve understanding of spoken/written texts
- to appreciate creative, meaningful departures from expected language patterns
- to produce better translations
Collocations
adjective+noun (by far the most common type, e.g. idle threat, vain hope)verb+noun (the second most common type, e.g. withstand pressure/scrutiny)noun+noun (e.g. a stroke of luck, background information)adverb+adjective (e.g. ridiculously expensive, broadly similar, virtually impossible)adverb+past participle (e.g. closely connected (to/with), highly recommended)adverb+verb (e.g. briefly describe, closely resemble, strongly agree)verb+adverb (e.g. communicate effectively, think differently, vary significantly)verb+adjective (e.g. become aware, make available, prove useful, seem unlikely)
on/into
Creating a collocation bank
Lost in TranslationL. Boroditsky | WSJa list of collocations