Analysis of Collocations in a Book Chapter and Learners’ Corpus & Teaching Implications

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 24 - 40, 14.04.2018

Tanju Deveci

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Studies
have often focused on words that should be learned, and investigations have
been conducted on the lexical profiles of texts. Although there has been some
interest in collocation, investigations have often concerned academic research
articles. The academic texts freshman students normally read have been
relatively understudied. This study aimed to identify the collocational profile
of a book chapter, and the collocations used in students’ writing examination
papers in response to a question on the theme of the chapter. The first corpus included
3253 words while the second one included 4917. Results showed that 17.31% of
Corpus 1 included collocational usages, with the types ‘adjective + noun’ and ‘verb
+ adjective + noun’ used most commonly. Corpus 2 showed a 7.69%-collocational
coverage, heavily based on the type ‘verb + noun’. Possible reasons for these
differences are discussed, and recommendations are offered to increase learners’
competence in using collocations.

Keywords: collocation, academic writing, book chapter,
learners’ corpus, vocabulary

Keywords

collocation, academic writing, book chapter, learners’ corpus

Analysis of Collocations in a Book Chapter and Learners’ Corpus & Teaching Implications

Abstract

ÖZ:
Özet, 10 punto büyüklüğünde, iki yana yaslı, 150 sözcüğü
geçmeyecek şekilde yazılmalıdır. Özette araştırmanın konusu, temel amacı,
yöntemi, bulgular ve sonuç yer almalı. Biçimlendirmeyi bozmadan bu kısmı silip
yerine kendi özetinizi yazabilirsiniz. Özet, 10 punto büyüklüğünde, iki yana
yaslı, 150 sözcüğü geçmeyecek şekilde yazılmalıdır. Özette araştırmanın konusu,
temel amacı, yöntemi, bulgular ve sonuç yer almalı. Biçimlendirmeyi bozmadan bu
kısmı silip yerine kendi özetinizi yazabilirsiniz. Özet, 10 punto büyüklüğünde,
iki yana yaslı, 150 sözcüğü geçmeyecek şekilde yazılmalıdır. Özette
araştırmanın konusu, temel amacı, yöntemi, bulgular ve sonuç yer almalı.
Biçimlendirmeyi bozmadan bu kısmı silip yerine kendi özetinizi yazabilirsiniz.
Özet, 10 punto büyüklüğünde, iki yana yaslı, 150 sözcüğü geçmeyecek şekilde
yazılmalıdır. Özette araştırmanın konusu, temel amacı, yöntemi, bulgular ve
sonuç yer almalı. Biçimlendirmeyi bozmadan bu kısmı silip yerine kendi
özetinizi yazabilirsiniz. Özet, 10 punto büyüklüğünde, iki yana yaslı, 150
sözcüğü geçmeyecek şekilde yazılmalıdır. Özette araştırmanın konusu, temel
amacı, yöntemi, bulgular ve sonuç yer almalı.

Anahtar sözcükler: anahtar sözcükler küçük harflerle yazılmalı ve 3–5
anahtar sözcük bulunmalıdır.

Keywords

collocation, academic writing, book chapter, learners’ corpus

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