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. ![50-something years of work on collocations: What is or should be next … [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex 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},
}
Downloads: 0
{"_id":"E9u3kFDcxGpLv4Tca","bibbaseid":"gries-50somethingyearsofworkoncollocationswhatisorshouldbenext-2013","author_short":["Gries, S. T."],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","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":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Gries"],"firstnames":["Stefan","Th."],"suffixes":[]}],"month":"May","year":"2013","keywords":"classes, collocations, corpling, corpus linguistics, measures","pages":"137–166","bibtex":"@article{gries_50-something_2013,\n\ttitle = {50-something years of work on collocations: {What} is or should be next …},\n\tvolume = {18},\n\tissn = {1384-6655, 1569-9811},\n\tshorttitle = {50-something years of work on collocations},\n\turl = {http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ijcl.18.1.09gri},\n\tdoi = {10.1075/ijcl.18.1.09gri},\n\tabstract = {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.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\turldate = {2024-10-12},\n\tjournal = {International Journal of Corpus Linguistics},\n\tauthor = {Gries, Stefan Th.},\n\tmonth = may,\n\tyear = {2013},\n\tkeywords = {classes, collocations, corpling, corpus linguistics, measures},\n\tpages = {137--166},\n}\n\n\n\n","author_short":["Gries, S. T."],"key":"gries_50-something_2013","id":"gries_50-something_2013","bibbaseid":"gries-50somethingyearsofworkoncollocationswhatisorshouldbenext-2013","role":"author","urls":{"Paper":"http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ijcl.18.1.09gri"},"keyword":["classes","collocations","corpling","corpus linguistics","measures"],"metadata":{"authorlinks":{}}},"bibtype":"article","biburl":"https://bibbase.org/zotero/abhishek-p","dataSources":["h7kKWXpJh2iaX92T5"],"keywords":["classes","collocations","corpling","corpus linguistics","measures"],"search_terms":["something","years","work","collocations","next","gries"],"title":"50-something years of work on collocations: What is or should be next …","year":2013}