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What do collocations mainly focus on?
What do collocations mainly focus on?
- The combination of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs (correct)
- The grammatical structure of sentences
- The order of words in a particular context
- The usage of articles and prepositions
What is considered a 'split collocation'?
What is considered a 'split collocation'?
- Collocations that are from different languages
- A pair of collocations that cannot be used together
- Key phrases that contain only grammatical words
- Collocations where the main words are separated by other words (correct)
Which of the following examples contains two collocations?
Which of the following examples contains two collocations?
- buy a car
- learn a foreign language (correct)
- play a game
- make a cake
How might the phrase 'learn a language' be expanded?
How might the phrase 'learn a language' be expanded?
Which description best fits the term 'semi-fixed expression' in this context?
Which description best fits the term 'semi-fixed expression' in this context?
Match the following terms with their definitions:
Match the following terms with their definitions:
Match the following examples with their collocational types:
Match the following examples with their collocational types:
Match the following phrases with their components:
Match the following phrases with their components:
Match the following words with their corresponding types:
Match the following words with their corresponding types:
Match the following linguistic terms with their characteristics:
Match the following linguistic terms with their characteristics:
Flashcards
Collocations
Collocations
Groups of words that frequently appear together, focusing on lexical words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs).
Split Collocations
Split Collocations
Collocations where other words (grammatical or lexical) appear between the main two words.
Example of Collocation
Example of Collocation
"Learn a language." can be made more specific like "learn a foreign language"
Multiple Collocations
Multiple Collocations
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Semi-Fixed Expression
Semi-Fixed Expression
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Collocation Focus
Collocation Focus
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Example of Split Collocation
Example of Split Collocation
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Multi-Collocation Phrases
Multi-Collocation Phrases
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Study Notes
Collocations and Grammatical Words
- Collocations can include grammatical words like articles and prepositions.
- However, collocations primarily focus on lexical words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) that combine.
- "Split collocations" occur when other words separate the main words in a collocation.
Example of Split Collocations
- "Learn a language" can become "learn a foreign language" or "learn one of the world's most frequently used languages".
- These extended collocations might contain multiple collocations. For example, "learn a foreign language" combines "learn a language" and "foreign language".
- While technically a semi-fixed expression, for simplicity, such constructs can be viewed as combined collocations.
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