4.8 COLLOCATION(词的搭配)
Collocation:
It is a term used in lexicology by some
linguists to refer to the habitual co-occurrences of individual lexical items. e.g.
Butter and bread; needle and thread; salt and pepper; husband and wife; knife and fork; day and night….
Weather permitting: 只要天气许可….
Heavy rain; strong tea; open an account; turn on 36the light….
4.8 PROTOTYPES(原型)
?Here words are original type or model.?The concept of a prototype helps explain the
meaning of certain words, not in terms of component features, but in terms of resemblance to the clearest exemplar.?Eg. Bird---a word?not component features like “feathers, wings”
?Bird ---robin, canary [k?‘n??ri]金丝雀, dove [d?v], duck, flamingo, parrot, pelican鹈鹕鸟, swallow, 37
thrush画眉鸟…