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Lexical Synaesthesia in Metaphorical Collocations [PDF]

open access: yesVestnik za Tuje Jezike
This study seeks to shed more light on the role of lexical synaesthesia (LS), a phenomenon exemplified by expressing one sense in terms of another (e.g., gustation for sound – a sweet melody), in the process of forming metaphorical collocations. Lexical
Jana Jurčević
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Acehnese lexical and grammatical collocations of the North Aceh dialect [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in English Language and Education, 2022
This research dealt with collocations used in the North Aceh dialect. It analyzed the part of speech categories into which collocations of the North Aceh dialect can be grouped.
Kismullah Abdul Muthalib   +2 more
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Croatian EFL learners’ collocational competence: Congruent and incongruent collocations [PDF]

open access: yesTraining, Language and Culture, 2022
The paper describes Croatian EFL learners’ collocational competence with regard to congruent and incongruent collocations. Congruent collocations are those which express the same meaning in both languages with similar lexical components, whereby a direct
Jakob Patekar, Nataša Košuta
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Ultimate attainment in L2 semantics: Where and why do learners fail to achieve native-like knowledge of verb meaning? [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
This study investigates the development of L2 lexical semantics in advanced Chinese learners of Japanese, focusing on the role of length of residence (LOR).
Zhao Akiko Zhao, Yasuhiro Shirai
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Translating lexical collocations in journalistic texts: the case of English and Macedonian [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Philology, 2019
Collocations play a vital role in language by making it sound more natural, precise and interesting. Hence, handling collocations with special care and vigilance should be high on translators’ agendas.
Silvana Neškovska
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Slovene-English Contrastive Phraseology: Lexical Collocations [PDF]

open access: yesELOPE, 2010
Phraseology is seen as one of the key elements and arguably the most productive part of any language. %e paper is focused on collocations and separates them from other phraseological units, such as idioms or compounds. Highlighting the difference between
Primož Jurko
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Lexical Collocations and their Acquisition in French as a Foreign Language (FLE) [PDF]

open access: yesDarnioji daugiakalbystė, 2022
The importance of stereotypical uses of language is recognized by most didactic studies of the vocabulary (Granger and Paquot, 2008). Collocations are an area of vocabulary which is difficult to master by non-native learners.
Kazlauskienė Vitalija
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Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Linguistics, 2012
Lewis (1993) recognized significance of word combinations including collocations by presenting lexical approach. Because of the crucial role of collocation in vocabulary acquisition, this research set out to evaluate the rate of collocations in Iranian ...
Maryam Bahardoust, Mohammad Raouf Moeine
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The Translation of Lexical Collocations in Undergraduate Students’ Theses’ Abstract: Students Versus Google Translate [PDF]

open access: yesLingua Cultura, 2019
This research intended to compare the translations of lexical collocations found in the abstract section of students’ theses. The purposes were to find out the errors in translating lexical collocation either by Google Translate or student translator ...
Clara Herlina Karjo, Ecclesia Metta
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The role of collocations in the formation of the lexical speech skills [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2019
The main goal of teaching foreign language is the formation of foreign language communicative competence which implies the development of speech skills.
I. N. Aksenova
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