Chapter 1 the study of collocations

Table 45.  Accuracy order for the collocation types included in the translation 
test - Group 2 
Type 
11. SV(O) Prep O 
16. SVO Inf 
14. SVV-ing 
1. Noun Prep 
5. Adjective Prep 
27. Verb Noun (creation) 
 
 
 
The above accuracy order shows that: 
i)  Grammatical collocations are easier to translate than lexical collocations. 
ii)  As with the accuracy order for Group 1, collocations that contain a preposition, 
i.e. Noun Prep and Adjective Prep, are more difficult to translate than collocations 
that contain an infinitive. 
iii)  Verb Noun (creation) lexical collocations are also the most difficult to translate 
for Group 2. 
 
Comparing the accuracy orders for Groups 1 and 2, it appears that they are 
similar with respect to most types.  The only exception is Type 11. SV(O) Prep O.  
Subjects in Group 2 found collocations of this type easier to translate than the 
subjects in Group 1.  That is, subjects that received an additional year of instruction 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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were more accurate in translating Type 11. SV(O) Prep O collocations.  Group 2 
subjects also received more exposure to Type 11 collocations through their 
textbooks than Group 1 students, i.e. Type 11 collocations were found more 
frequently in TWE2 than in TWE1. 
 
Group 3 
 
 
The results for the translation data for Group 3 show Types 13. SV Inf, 14. 
SVV-ing and 1. Noun Prep, to be translated more accurately than the other types.  
The implicational scaling analysis approached statistical significance (C
scalability
 = 
.59).  The following accuracy order was obtained: