A lexical database of collocations in scientific English: preliminary considerations

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Author Isabel Verdaguer, Eva González
Title A lexical database of collocations in scientific English: preliminary considerations
Abstract The aim of this paper is to present the theoretical principles underlying the making of a lexical database of English collocations of non-specialized words used in scientific language. This project was prompted by the shortage of reference tools providing information about the use and combinatorial properties of general words in specific registers. A case study will illustrate that in scientific texts, words, especially polysemous verbs, have a distinct semantic and combinatorial behaviour. Following the assumption that the meaning and the grammatical and collocational patterns of words are interrelated, we suggest that context-specific information should be included in specialized reference tools to facilitate the written production of scientific texts by non-native speakers of English.
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@InProceedings{ELX04-104,
	   author = {Isabel Verdaguer, Eva González},
	   title = {A lexical database of collocations in scientific English: preliminary considerations },
	   pages = {929-934},
	   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th EURALEX International Congress},
	   year = {2004},
	   month = {july},
	   date = {6-10},
	   address = {Lorient, France},
	   editor = {Geoffrey Williams and Sandra Vessier},
	   publisher = {Université de Bretagne-Sud, Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines},
	   isbn = {29-52245-70-3},
	}
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