Definition of Collocation Collocations

elements co-occur and grammatical collocations are collocations in which a lexical and a more grammatical element, for instance a preposition. 18 There are several combinations of grammatical collocation and lexical collocation 19 : 1. Grammatical collocations  noun+preposition combination sympathy with, blocade against, apathy towards  noun+to-infinitive an effort to get a job a struggle to solve the problem  noun+that-clause He took an oath that he would do his duty.  preposition+noun by accident, in advance, etc.  adjective+preposition they are angry at the children.  predicate adjective+to-infinitive It was necessary to work together.  Collocational verb patterns For instance verb+preposition: Boil the vegetable for five minutes 2. Lexical collocation  verb usually transitive + noun pronoun or prepositional phrase come to an agreement, compose a music, 18 Nadja Nesselhauf, Collocations in a Learner Corpus, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004, p.22 19 R. R. D. Moehkardi, Grammatical and Lexical English Collocations: Some Possible Problems to Indonesian Learners of English. Journal of Humaniora Vol 14 No.1 Februari 2002, pp.53-62 set an alarm  verb meaning eradication and or nullification + a noun reject an appeal, withdraw an offer, annul a marriage  adjective + noun best regards, kindest regards, strong tea  noun + verb bomb explode, bees buzz, alarm go off  noun + noun a bouquet of flower, a glass of water, a bit of advice  adverb + adjective hopelessly addicted, deeply absorbed, closly acquinted  verb + adverb appreciate sincerely, argue heatedly

3. Using Collocation Instruction for Improving Students’ Writing Skill of

Procedure Text Writing as a process refers to the act of collecting ideas and arranging them until they are presented in a way that is understood by the reader. 20 In writing procedure text, students have to identify the verbs in the text with comparing the verbs with the nouns. They discuss the relationship between the verb and the noun in the sentence, and the way the verbs indicates what is to be done with the noun, for instance crack the egg, pour the water. They also have to add extra information to the 20 C. T. Linse David Nunan, Practical English Language Teaching: Young Learner, NewYork: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2005, p.98