Collocation
A. Collocation
A collocation is two or more words that often go
together. These combinations just sound "right" to native English
speakers, who use them all the time. On the other hand, other combinations may
be unnatural and just sound "wrong". Collocations are partly or fully
fixed expressions that become established through repeated context-dependent
use. Such terms as 'crystal clear', 'middle management', 'nuclear family', and
'cosmetic surgery' are examples of collocated pairs of words.
There are several different types of collocation made from combinations of verb, noun, adjective etc. Some of the most common types are:
1.
Adverb + Adjective: completely satisfied
(NOT downright satisfied)
2.
Adjective + Noun: excruciating pain (NOT
excruciating joy)
3.
Noun + Noun: a surge of anger (NOT a
rush of anger)
4.
Noun + Verb: lions roar (NOT lions
shout)
5.
Verb + Noun: commit suicide (NOT
undertake suicide)
6.
Verb + Expression With Preposition:
burst into tears (NOT blow up in tears)
7.
Verb + Adverb: wave frantically (NOT
wave feverishly)
8.
Let's
+ verb which
directs an audience's attention + preposition + noun which describes an
idea.
This is a commonly used structural pattern into which you can insert a variety of words and still have commonly used patterns:
This is a commonly used structural pattern into which you can insert a variety of words and still have commonly used patterns:
Let's move on to the next point.
Let's go back to the last chapter.
Let's move away from this paragraph
Let's look at tomorrow's homework.
Let's go on to the main point.
1.
Your language will be more natural and
more easily understood.
2.
You will have alternative and richer
ways of expressing yourself.
3.
It is easier for our brains to remember
and use language in chunks or blocks rather than as single words.
1.
Collocations can be described in a
number of ways.
2.
One way of thinking about them is in
terms of "fixedness" - in other words, the degree to which you
can vary the basic pattern and still have a collocation
3. We can only define the fixedness or
unfixedness of collocations in terms of a continuum - all we can say is that
some are more fixed than others but we can't make a neat dividing line between
"fixed" and "unfixed".
4.
A very fixed collocation is one
in which the pattern has very few expected variations
5.
So, for example, the phrase "kick
the bucket" is an idiom, a relatively fixed collocation meaning "to
die".
6. Like "kick the bucket", most collocations which are very fixed form a particular expected meaning rather than a structure.
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