Неоднословные лексические обороты (англ. multiword expressions) и, в частности,
коллокации, входят в состав фразеологической составляющей языка (в широком …

This chapter offers an introduction to the topic and to the individual contributions of the
present volume. First, it presents an evaluation of the general potential of combining (usage …

Light verb constructions (LVCs), which consist of a semantically reduced verb together with
a noun (as the direct object or embedded in a prepositional phrase) conveying core lexical …

Complex predicates formed with a semantically bleached verb and a predicating nominal
(take a walk) have posed a challenge to grammatical theories. One must explain how the …

Usage‐based linguistics (UBL) incorporated probability as a theoretical notion right from the
start, making frequency not just an arbitrary performance phenomenon but a crucial …

1 Corpus linguistics and the cognitive/constructional endeavor Stefan Th. Gries Abstract This
chapter provides an overview of co Page 1 1 Corpus linguistics and the cognitive/constructional …

This chapter is dedicated to the description of the interlanguages of the twenty learners
during the thirteen months of the survey. During this timespan, the learners' life coordinates …

Collocations are an important component of a native speaker's language competence
(Sinclair 1991, Wray 2002). This study is on a special type of collocation that exists in many …