In all languages, certain words co-occur and form fixed sequences called multiword expressions (MWEs, Siyanova-Chanturia, 2013, 2015), such as collocations (e.g., take a picture). For learners of ...

A collocation is made up of two or more words that are usually used together. In this lesson, we explore some commonly used collocations. This means to construct or make a legally binding agreement ...

Language is fundamentally predictable, both on a higher schematic level as well as low-level lexical items. Regarding predictability on a lexical level, collocations are frequent co-occurrences of ...

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