S.S 3.1 (Collocations) Flashcards
Collocation
The tendency of certain words to co-occur regularly in a given language.
Has to do with their propositional meaning.
Meaning cannot always account for collocational patterning.
Collocational patterns difference among languages
Are not just a question of using a different verb with a given noun.
They can involve totally different ways of portraying an event.
Collocational patterns reflect
The preferences of specific language communities for certain modes of expression and certain linguistic configurations.
Collocational patterns rarely reflect
An inherent order in the world around us.
Collocational range
Every word in a language has a range of items with which it is compatible.
To a greater or lesser degree.
Two main factors of collocational range
Level of specificity.
Number of senses it has.
Level of specificity
The more general a word = more broader the collocational range.
The more specific = the more restricted the collocational range.
Number of senses it has
Most words have several senses and tend to attract a different set of collocations for each sense.
Collocational Markedness (marked collocation)
An unusual combination of words.
One that challenges our expectation as heares or readers.
Collocation and Register
Some collocations may seem untypical in everyday language, but are common in specific register.
Collocational meaning
A word on its own don’t always have meaning.
When they do have meaning is because they have a connotations.
Some collocation-related pitfalls and problems
The engrossing effect of ST patterning.
Misinterpreting the meaning of a SL collocation.
Tension between accuracy and naturalness.
Culture- specific collocations.
Marked collocations in the ST.
