S.U 3 Glossary

Question 1

Collocation

Answer 1

The tendency of certain words to co-occur regularly in a given language.

Question 2

Collocational range

Answer 2

The set of collocates which are typically associated with the word in question.

Question 3

Collocational markedness

Answer 3

An unusual combination of words.

One that challenges our expectations as hearers and readers.

Question 4

Collocational restrictions

Answer 4

Semantically arbitrary restrictions which do not logically follow from the propositional meaning of a word.

Question 5

Selectional restrictions

Answer 5

Restrictions which follow logically from the propositional meaning of words.

Question 6

Lexical set

Answer 6

May refer to the actual words and expressions within a semantic field.
Used to refer to a list of items which have a like privilege of collocation.
Items which collocate with a specific word or expression.

Question 7

Fixed expression

Answer 7

Frozen patterns of language which allow little or no variation in form.

Question 8

Idiom

Answer 8

Frozen patterns of language which allow little or no variation in form and carry meanings which cannot be deduced from their individual components.