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The present of the English future: Grammatical variation and collocations in discourse

Language, 2009
We use the variationist method to elucidate the expression of future time in English, examining multiple grammaticalization in the same domain ( will and going to). Usage patterns show that the choice of form is not determined by invariant semantic ...
Rena Torres Cacoullos, James Walker
exaly   +2 more sources

The Grammatical Environment of Intensifier-Noun Collocations: Insights from Lexical Priming Theory

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2019
A recurrent topic in collocational research is the idiosyncratic distribution of intensifiers with nearly equivalent meanings. So far, this phenomenon has been mostly investigated from the perspective of the control exerted by the lexical context. In the case of adjective–noun collocations, this implies an almost exclusive focus on the nominal head. In
Moises Almela-Sánchez
exaly   +2 more sources

Teaching English Grammatical Collocations to Arabic-Speaking EFL Learners

International Journal of Technologies in Learning, 2021
Abdel Rahman Altakhaineh
exaly   +2 more sources

The Acquisition of English Grammatical Collocations by Egyptian EFL Students

Maǧallaẗ Buḥūṯ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb - Gamiʿ‎āẗ Al-Munūfiyyaẗ, 2017
exaly   +2 more sources

An Analysis of Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Oscar Wilde’s “The Selfish Giant”

Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities, 2023
Oscar Wilde is a poet, dramatist, and short story writer. His “The Selfish Giant” is one of popular short stories. The message of the story is co-existence and spreading love. In recent years, collocation has emerged as an important category of lexical and grammatical patterns, and it is fast becoming an established unit of description in language ...
B. Jagadeeswari, Dr.V. K. Saravanan
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Lexical and grammatical collocations in beginning and intermediate L2 argumentative essays: a bigram study

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 2022
AbstractCollocations play an important role in L2 learners’ fluent and idiomatic language production. Previous studies using a frequency-based approach to studying collocations underscored the potential to use association measures for distinguishing L2 writing proficiency.
Detong Xia, Yudi Chen, Hye K. Pae
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