Investigating verb-noun lexical collocational errors in a Malaysian english learner corpus
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Date
2010
Authors
Ang Leng Hong
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
This study employed a corpus-based method to investigate types and sources of
verb-noun lexical collocational errors in a subcorpus of a Malaysian learner corpus,
EMAS (The English ofMalaysian School Students). The corpus consists of a total of 130
essays written by Form Four Malay learners from three different states in peninsula
Malaysia.
The study adopted Howarth's (1998) definition which states that collocations are
word combinations which include free combinations and restricted collocations.
Although there are two categories of collocations, namely lexical and grammatical
collocations (Benson, Benson and Ilson, 1986), this study only investigated one type of
lexical collocation, which is verb-noun lexical collocations. Nevertheless, following
Nesselbauf's framework for classification of types of collocational errors, the
investigation of verb-noun lexical collocations in this study includes grammatical
elements which occur in the collocations, such as prepositions. The term verb-noun
lexical collocations in this study was redefined as combinations of a verb and a noun
which take into account grammatical elements such as prepositions.
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Investigating verb-noun lexical collocational errors , Investigating verb-noun lexical collocational errors in a Malaysian english learner corpus