Article,
Vocabulary in LSP : A Case Study of Phrases and Collocations
Babel: Revue internationale de la traduction/International Journal of Translation, (2000)
Abstract
The paper aims at exploring sorne of the conditions and ways ja whjch LSP (Language for Special Parposes) adult learaers perceive aasleadiag vocabulary. Specifically, the paper represents an attempt to fiad out whether adult learaers of English who know the meaaiag of certain words can or cannot work out the new meaaiag of phrases or collocation which would result from the combination of two or more words. un top of this, we will try tu give reasoas for the learners' inaccurate guesses. The phrases and/or colocations used ja this study were contextualised ja seatences tu show or miaror our learners' ability in working out their collocatioaal new meanings. To achieve this objective, twu methods were followed. Pirst, individual general words (aot techaical) were taught aad thea a combination of two or more of these words (tu give specific meaaiags) was worked out by 80 LSP learaers through context. Secoad, after testing the same learners ja these words and grading their responses, both descriptive and infereatial statjstics were used to indicate.
