Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.What is collocative meaning? Give one example to illustrateyour point.

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.What is collocative meaning? Give one example to illustrateyour point.

COLLOCATIVE MEANING CONSISTS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS A WORD ACQUIRES IN ITS COLLOCATION. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS THAT PART OF THE WORD-MEANING SUGGESTED BY WORDS BEFORE OR AFTER THE WORD IN DISCUSSION. FOR EXAMPLE. 'PRETTY' AND 'HANDSOME' SHARE THE CONCEPTUAL MEANING OF 'GOOD LOOKING', BUT ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THE RANGE OF NOUNS THEY COLLATE WITH: “PRETTY GIRL” AND “HANDSOME BOY”.

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