From Word to Lexical Units

[laohong]

Almela-Sánchez, Moisés (2006). From Words to Lexical Units. A
Corpus-Driven Account of Collocation and Idiomatic Patterning in English and English-Spanish . Frankfurt a. M., Berlin, Bern, Brussels,
New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang. 421 pp.

ISSN 1436-1914
ISBN 3-631-55759-0
US-ISBN 0-8204-8740-6

Keywords:
collocation, idiom principe, corpus liguistics, multi-word item, patterns.

Abstract:
In this book, the concept of a "lexical item" is reformulated basing on corpus evidence. The ideas of "idiom" and "collocation" undergo revision. The author comes up with an alternative proposal about what constitutes a unit of meaning and how the vocabulary is organized. Ultimately, the goal is to devise a fully-fledged theory of lexis that is consistent with corpus-driven methodology.

More information about the book can be found from the following link at the Publisher's website:

http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?...ordPhrase=True&CFID=19773538&CFTOKEN=14399520

 

[zhanglifei]

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Thanks for the information. It seems the distinction between idioms and collocations is not so clear-cut as it is assumed to be. Rather, it's continuum. In this regard, there is a good paper by Joan L. Bybee in the latest issue of LANGUAGE titled From Usage to Grammar: The Mind's Response to Repetition
. For more information see http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/language/toc/lan82.4.html

 

[cj7101]

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many thanks