We present an extensive empirical evaluation of collocation extraction methods based on lexical association measures and their combination. The experiments are performed on three sets of collocation ...

A few days ago, I had an encounter with an old student of mine at a shopping mall. He said, “Sir, you taught us Technical English almost nine years ago. Though I don’t remember everything, there is ...

The present investigation focuses on first language (L1) and second language (L2) speakers’ sensitivity to lexical fixedness and compositionality of Italian word combinations. Two studies explored ...

With last week’s column titled Developing Speaking Skills, I discussed how candidates preparing for TOEFL and IELTS can develop their fluency and coherence, the first of the four grading criteria for ...