Theoretical Foundations Of Collocations And Lexical Units In English Literary Texts
Keywords:
collocation, lexical unit, English literature, semantics, phraseology, linguopoetics, stylistics.Abstract
The present article explores the theoretical foundations of collocations and lexical units in English literary texts. Collocations, understood as the habitual and recurrent co-occurrence of words, contribute to the semantic cohesion and stylistic distinctiveness of the text. Lexical units—particularly idiomatic expressions, metaphors, and phraseological constructions—play a crucial role in shaping the artistic and aesthetic qualities of literary discourse. The study further examines theoretical approaches to these phenomena (Firth, Halliday, Sinclair, and others) and analyzes their functional role in literary texts.
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