English Collocation

An English Collocation is a collocation that represents english word combinations with english statistical co-occurrence and english restricted substitutability.

• AKA: English Word Partnership, English Collocational Expression, English Restricted Combination.
• Context:
  • It can typically demonstrate English Mutual Expectancy between english collocates.
  • It can often maintain English Semantic Compositionality with english selectional preference.
  • It can frequently exhibit English Statistical Significance in english corpus data.
  • It can usually allow English Syntactic Flexibility unlike english fixed expressions.
  • It can commonly reflect English Usage Convention rather than english grammatical rule.
  • It can sometimes vary across English Regional Varietys and english registers.
  • It can range from being an English Strong Collocation to being an English Weak Collocation, depending on its english association strength.
  • It can range from being an English Grammatical Collocation to being an English Lexical Collocation, depending on its english component type.
  • It can range from being an English Transparent Collocation to being an English Opaque Collocation, depending on its english semantic clarity.
  • It can range from being an English Frequent Collocation to being an English Rare Collocation, depending on its english occurrence rate.
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• Example(s):
  • English Adjective-Noun Collocations, such as:
    • "strong coffee" (not *"powerful coffee").
    • "heavy rain" (not *"weighty rain").
    • "bitter disappointment" with english intensification.
  • English Verb-Noun Collocations, such as:
    • "make a decision" (not *"do a decision").
    • "take a photo" (not *"make a photo").
    • "pay attention" with english light verb.
  • English Adverb-Adjective Collocations, such as:
    • "fully aware" (not *"completely aware").
    • "deeply concerned" with english degree modification.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • English Free Combination, which lacks english co-occurrence restriction.
  • English Fixed Expression, which prohibits english variation.
  • English Idiomatic Expression, which lacks english compositionality.
  • French Collocation, which follows french co-occurrence patterns.
• See: Collocation, English Language Expression, English Multiword Expression, Institutionalised Phrase, English Fixed Expression, English Idiomatic Expression, Corpus Linguistics, Statistical Association, English Lexical Cohesion, English Metaphorical Expression.

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