Categorizing Lexis
Global financial
tsunami
meltdown
crisis
in the...of the year
last three months
first seven months
last two weeks
second half
gone
into
ahead
away
again
up
down
on
a bit
about
all...
after
hold
on
on
down
a meeting
up
even in...economy
a weakened global
a local
recovering
the total...of...
value/loans
number/students
amount/sales
expenditure/the company
Even so
To be sure
By contrast
semi-fixed expressions
collocations
lexical phrases
Application
1) Why did we do this activity?
2) Can you think of an area of interest in your life where you can learn more about collocations?
Take
Catch
Find
Get
something
into (account)
away
out
in
care
a look
from
account of
something
somebody
on
up
out
fire
sight of
the sun
something
out
in
around
back
on
up
over
by
out
in
by
some
a lot
from
into
...interesting
somebody/someone/something
a word
David
Assess ability to use collocations
To learn accurate collocations
Discover inappropriate collocations
Sharing collocations; thus improving collocation "sense"
Learning running collocations (and general vocabulary) while running with blind people who explain the collocations to me
Basketball collocations while watching NBA basketball on TV (e.g. steal the ball; fadeaway jumper)
Collocations that news reporters