| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this study is to analyze the description of collocations in
the Swedish Academy Dictionary (SAOB 1898–). The 81 phrases that
Svensén (2004:212) gives as examples of collocations of different
grammatical construction types are investigated. The following grammatical
construction types are represented in the material: verb + noun
object, e.g. fatta beslut (come to a decision), noun subject + verb, e.g.
dagen gryr (dawn breaks), adjective + noun, e.g. inbiten ungkarl (confirmed
bachelor), verb + adverb, e.g. neka blankt (deny flatly) and adverb
+ adjective, e.g. starkt begränsad (strictly limited). The representativity
of the 81 collocations is discussed as well as whether or not the
phrases constitute strong collocations which require a description in the
dictionary. In addition I investigate which construction types of collocations
are most important, semantically and grammatically.
The representativity of the articles in the SAOB is also discussed. When
the collocation I am looking for is not found in the relevant article in the
SAOB I try to establish whether the semantic content of that collocation
is represented by other expressions. If, for example, the collocation hård
kritk (harsh criticism) is not found in the article KRITIK (criticism), are
there other adjectives in the article that express a ‘high degree’ of
criticism?
The investigation shows, among other things, that 65 of the 81 collocations
are accounted for in the SAOB. It is, however, evident that different
types of collocations are given different amounts of attention.
Collocations of the construction type verb + object noun are accounted
for to a large extent, while construction types where one of the constituents
is an adverb are often overlooked. Possible reasons for this are
also discussed in the study. | sv |
