50-something years of work on collocations: What is or should be next …. Gries, S. T. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 18(1):137–166, May, 2013.
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This paper explores ways in which research into collocation should be improved. After a discussion of the parameters underlying the notion of collocation, the paper has three main parts. First, I argue that corpus linguistics would benefit from taking more seriously the understudied fact that collocations are not necessarily symmetric, as most association measures imply. Also, I introduce an association measure from the associative learning literature that can identify asymmetric collocations and show that it can also distinguish collocations with high and low association strengths well. Second, I summarize some advantages of this measure and brainstorm about ways in which it can help re-examine previous studies as well as support further applications. Finally, I adopt a broader perspective and discuss a variety of ways in which all association measures – directional or not – in corpus linguistics should be improved in order for us to obtain better and more reliable results.
@article{gries_50-something_2013,
	title = {50-something years of work on collocations: {What} is or should be next …},
	volume = {18},
	issn = {1384-6655, 1569-9811},
	shorttitle = {50-something years of work on collocations},
	url = {http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ijcl.18.1.09gri},
	doi = {10.1075/ijcl.18.1.09gri},
	abstract = {This paper explores ways in which research into collocation should be improved. After a discussion of the parameters underlying the notion of collocation, the paper has three main parts. First, I argue that corpus linguistics would benefit from taking more seriously the understudied fact that collocations are not necessarily symmetric, as most association measures imply. Also, I introduce an association measure from the associative learning literature that can identify asymmetric collocations and show that it can also distinguish collocations with high and low association strengths well. Second, I summarize some advantages of this measure and brainstorm about ways in which it can help re-examine previous studies as well as support further applications. Finally, I adopt a broader perspective and discuss a variety of ways in which all association measures – directional or not – in corpus linguistics should be improved in order for us to obtain better and more reliable results.},
	language = {en},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2024-10-12},
	journal = {International Journal of Corpus Linguistics},
	author = {Gries, Stefan Th.},
	month = may,
	year = {2013},
	keywords = {classes, collocations, corpling, corpus linguistics, measures},
	pages = {137--166},
}

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