Prof.ª Marcele Alves
Prof.ª Marcele Alves
ENGLISH DEFINITION Collocation refers to a group of two or more words that usually go together. A good way to think of collocation is to look at the word collocation. Co meaning together - location - meaning place. Collocation are words that are located together. A good answer to "What is collocation?" is: Collocation is a group of two or more words that like to hang out together.
ORIGIN The term collocation (from the Latin for "place together") was first used in its linguistic sense by British linguist J.R. Firth (1890-1960), who famously observed, "You shall know a word by the company it keeps."
NOW IN PORTUGUESE De forma bem simples e prática (duas ou mais palavras) . Essa definição faz muita gente achar que as sentenças abaixo são collocations em inglês: • How are you? • Thank you very much. • As a matter of fact. • Guess what? • I don’t have a clue. • Kick the bucket. Exemplo de collocations: - I made a cup of tea for lunch. - I did all of my homework yesterday.
Para vermos este fenômeno acontecendo, temos de ter uma palavra chave e então pensarmos em palavras que com ela combinam naturalmente.
ENGLISH DEFINITION Collocation refers to a group of two or more words that usually go together. A good way to think of collocation is to look at the word collocation. Co meaning together - location - meaning place. Collocation are words that are located together. A good answer to "What is collocation?" is: Collocation is a group of two or more words that like to hang out together.
ORIGIN The term collocation (from the Latin for "place together") was first used in its linguistic sense by British linguist J.R. Firth (1890-1960), who famously observed, "You shall know a word by the company it keeps."
NOW IN PORTUGUESE De forma bem simples e prática (duas ou mais palavras) . Essa definição faz muita gente achar que as sentenças abaixo são collocations em inglês: • How are you? • Thank you very much. • As a matter of fact. • Guess what? • I don’t have a clue. • Kick the bucket. Exemplo de collocations: - I made a cup of tea for lunch. - I did all of my homework yesterday.
Para vermos este fenômeno acontecendo, temos de ter uma palavra chave e então pensarmos em palavras que com ela combinam naturalmente.
