Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners
Lewis (1993) recognized significance of word combinations including collocations by presenting lexical approach. Because of the crucial role of collocation in vocabulary acquisition, this research set out to evaluate the rate of collocations in Iranian EFL learners' writing production across L1...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch
2012-05-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Applied Linguistics |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_520093_3198d78ae36c83c8dcd8dd0890e55e2d.pdf |
| _version_ | 1818551733226307584 |
|---|---|
| author | Maryam Bahardoust Mohammad Raouf Moeine |
| author_facet | Maryam Bahardoust Mohammad Raouf Moeine |
| author_sort | Maryam Bahardoust |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Lewis (1993) recognized significance of word combinations including collocations by presenting lexical approach. Because of the crucial role of collocation in vocabulary acquisition, this research set out to evaluate the rate of collocations in Iranian EFL learners' writing production across L1 and L2. In addition, L1 interference with L2 collocational use in the learner' writing samples was studied. To achieve this goal, 200 Persian EFL learners at BA level were selected. These participants were taking paragraph writing and essay writing courses in two successive semesters. As for the data analysis, mid-term, final exam, and also the assignments of L2 learners were evaluated. Because of the nominal nature of the data, chi-square test was utilized for data analysis. Then, the rate of lexical and grammatical collocations was calculated. Results showed that the lexical collocations outnumbered the grammatical collocations. Different categories of lexical collocations were also compared with regard to their frequencies in EFL writing production. The rate of the verb-noun and adjective-noun collocations appeared to be the highest and noun-verb collocations the lowest. The results also showed that L1 had both positive and negative effect on the occurrence of both grammatical and lexical collocations. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-12T09:03:49Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-77003d0fe8cc4997be5034fdf2967d5c |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2008-8434 2538-1695 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-12T09:03:49Z |
| publishDate | 2012-05-01 |
| publisher | Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Applied Linguistics |
| spelling | doaj.art-77003d0fe8cc4997be5034fdf2967d5c2022-12-22T00:29:45ZengIslamic Azad University, Tabriz BranchJournal of Applied Linguistics2008-84342538-16952012-05-015106186520093Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL LearnersMaryam BahardoustMohammad Raouf MoeineLewis (1993) recognized significance of word combinations including collocations by presenting lexical approach. Because of the crucial role of collocation in vocabulary acquisition, this research set out to evaluate the rate of collocations in Iranian EFL learners' writing production across L1 and L2. In addition, L1 interference with L2 collocational use in the learner' writing samples was studied. To achieve this goal, 200 Persian EFL learners at BA level were selected. These participants were taking paragraph writing and essay writing courses in two successive semesters. As for the data analysis, mid-term, final exam, and also the assignments of L2 learners were evaluated. Because of the nominal nature of the data, chi-square test was utilized for data analysis. Then, the rate of lexical and grammatical collocations was calculated. Results showed that the lexical collocations outnumbered the grammatical collocations. Different categories of lexical collocations were also compared with regard to their frequencies in EFL writing production. The rate of the verb-noun and adjective-noun collocations appeared to be the highest and noun-verb collocations the lowest. The results also showed that L1 had both positive and negative effect on the occurrence of both grammatical and lexical collocations.http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_520093_3198d78ae36c83c8dcd8dd0890e55e2d.pdfLexical collocationgrammatical collocationLexical ApproachL1L2 |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Bahardoust Mohammad Raouf Moeine Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners Journal of Applied Linguistics Lexical collocation grammatical collocation Lexical Approach L1 L2 |
| title | Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners |
| title_full | Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners |
| title_fullStr | Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners |
| title_short | Lexical and Grammatical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners |
| title_sort | lexical and grammatical collocations in writing production of efl learners |
| topic | Lexical collocation grammatical collocation Lexical Approach L1 L2 |
| url | http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_520093_3198d78ae36c83c8dcd8dd0890e55e2d.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT maryambahardoust lexicalandgrammaticalcollocationsinwritingproductionofefllearners AT mohammadraoufmoeine lexicalandgrammaticalcollocationsinwritingproductionofefllearners |