Phraseology

Question 1

Determine the type of word combination:

to do business

Answer 1

institutionalised collocation

Question 2

Determine the type of word combination:

a pack of wolves

Answer 2

collocation

Question 3

Determine the type of word combination:

black shirt

Answer 3

free combination

Question 4

Determine the type of word combination:

divine intervention

Answer 4

collocation

Question 5

Determine the type of word combination:

eating a banana

Answer 5

free combination

Question 6

Determine the type of word combination:

throwing a party

Answer 6

collocation

Question 7

Determine the type of word combination:

to break even

Answer 7

idiom

Question 8

Determine the type of word combination:

to fell a tree

Answer 8

idiom

Question 9

Determine the type of word combination:

a child runs

Answer 9

free combination

Question 10

Determine the type of word combination:

every cloud has a silver lining

Answer 10

idiom

Question 11

Determine the type of word combination:

black eye

Answer 11

collocation

Question 12

Determine the type of word combination:

fast food

Answer 12

collocation

Question 13

Determine the type of word combination:

the usual suspects

Answer 13

collocation

Question 14

Determine the type of word combination:

a new day

Answer 14

free combination

Question 15

Determine the type of word combination:

to file a report

Answer 15

free combination / collocation

Question 16

Determine the type of word combination:

I like peanuts

Answer 16

free combination

Question 17

Determine the type of word combination:

a round of applause

Answer 17

collocation

Question 18

Determine the type of word combination:

to take someone up on something

Answer 18

idiom > phrasal verb

Question 19

Determine the type of word combination:

the last straw

Answer 19

idiom

Question 20

Determine the type of word combination:

heavy rain

Answer 20

collocation

Question 21

Determine the type of word combination:

the devil’s advocate

Answer 21

idiom

Question 22

Determine the type of word combination:

to get cold feet

Answer 22

idiom

Question 23

Determine the type of word combination:

a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Answer 23

idiom

Question 24

Determine the type of word combination:

to bite the dust

Answer 24

idiom

Question 25

Explain the difference between collocation and idiom

Answer 25

collocation occurrence of two or more words within a short space of each other in a text > mutual expectancy of words idiom combination of two or more words which function as a unit of meaning

Question 26

Explain the difference between statistically significant and institutionalised collocations

Answer 26

statistically significant collocations that occur more frequently than would be expected on the basis of the frequency of occurrence of individual items institutionalised collocations characterised by unexpectedness and unpredictability at semantic level