linking words and collocations - refreshment course

8/2/2019 Linking Words and Collocations - Refreshment Course

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It is the grammatical and lexical relationship withina text or sentence.

It can be defined as the links that hold a text together

and give it meaning. It is related to the broader conceptof coherence.

Cohesion

It is what makes atext semantically meaningful.

It is achieved through syntactical featuressuch as prepositions, relative pronouns andlinking words.

Coherence


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Coherence

Cohesion


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Also called transitional words, linkingwords allow one to work smooth changes intoone's writing. Thus, simple sentences turn intocomplex ones and, by connecting differentideas, through cohesion, we are able to createlong paragraphs and convey our ideas moreclearly.

The objectives of using LW are: Putting sentences and phrases together; Bringing coherence and consistency to the text/

speech.


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More naturally: A collocation is two or morewords that often go together. Thesecombinations just sound right to native English

speakers, who use them all the time. On theother hand, other combinations may beunnatural and just sound wrong.

More formally: A collocation defines asequence of words or terms that co-occur moreoften than would be expected by chance.


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Your language will be more natural and moreeasily understood.

You will have alternative and richer ways ofexpressing yourself.

It is easier for our brains to remember and use

language in chunks or blocks rather than assingle words.


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Be aware of collocations, and try to

recognize them when you see or hear them.

Treat collocations as single blocks oflanguage. Think of them as individual blocks

or chunks, and learn strongly support, notstrongly + support.


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When you learn a new word, write down

other words that collocate with it (remember

rightly, remember distinctly, remembervaguely, remember vividly).

Read as much as possible. Reading is anexcellent way to learn vocabulary andcollocations in context and naturally.


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Learn collocations in groups that work foryou. You could learn them by topic (time,number, weather, money, family) or by a

particular word (take action, take a chance,take an exam).

You can find information on collocations in

any good learner's dictionary. And you canalso find specialized dictionaries ofcollocations.


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Adverb + Adjective: completely satisfied(NOT downright satisfied)

Adjective + Noun: excruciating pain (NOTexcruciating joy)

Noun + Noun: a surge of anger (NOT a rushof anger)


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He was writhing on the ground inexcruciating pain.

Let's give Mr Jones a round of applause.

Snow was falling as our plane took off.

The doctor ordered him to take regularexercise.


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