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Classification of verb+noun expressions according to the metaphorical status of verb and noun collocates
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Figurative language is part of our everyday interactions to a much larger degree than we are probably aware. Metaphorical collocations (MCs) are a specific subset of figurative expressions and as such are currently deemed a necessary part of any language teaching curricula. In MCs, the base, which is usually a noun, retains its literal meaning wher...
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... the total number of expressions included in the analysis of metaphoricity, seven were judged as non-metaphorical, i.e. neither the verb nor the noun collocator were used in their metaphorical sense (NMv+NMn). These expressions were excluded from subsequent analysis (Table 2). The expressions that were found to be metaphorical in nature (N = 19) were crosscompared to collocation sources for L1 (Croatian) -the Croatian Collocation Database (CCD) and hrWaC (Croatian web corpus). ...Context 2
... the total number of expressions included in the analysis of metaphoricity, seven were judged as non-metaphorical, i.e. neither the verb nor the noun collocator were used in their metaphorical sense (NMv+NMn). These expressions were excluded from subsequent analysis (Table 2). The expressions that were found to be metaphorical in nature (N = 19) were crosscompared to collocation sources for L1 (Croatian) -the Croatian Collocation Database (CCD) and hrWaC (Croatian web corpus). ...