COLLOCATION
COLLOCATION
DEFINITION
Semantically arbitrary restrictions which do not follow logically from the
propositional meaning of a word
(Baker, 1992: 47)
Habitual co-occurrence of individual lexical items
(Newmark, 1988)
Kolokasi merupakan kombinasi tetap beberapa kata dimana makna
masing-masing kata pembentuknya pada dasarnya dipertahankan
(Simatupang, 1999: 57)
COLLOCATION
COMMON COLLOCATION
• verb plus noun
• noun plus adjective
• noun plus noun
• verb plus adverb
COLLOCATION
Example:
verb and noun
The verb “pay” collocates with noun:
“attention” in “to pay attention”
“respect”
in “to pay respect”
“visit”
in “to pay a visit”
COLLOCATION
The verb “deliver” collocates with noun:
• speech
in “to deliver a speech”
• news
in “to deliver news”
• blow
in “to deliver a blow”
• verdict
in “to deliver a verdict”
• baby
in “to deliver a baby”
COLLOCATION
When two words collocate, the relationship can hold between
all or several of their various forms, combined in any
grammatically acceptable order.
(Baker, 1992: 47)
“achieve” and “aim”
achieving aims
aims having been achieved
achievable aims
the achievement of an aim
COLLOCATION
COLLOCATION AND TRANSLATION
Where there is an accepted collocation in the source
language, the translator must find and use its
equivalent in the target language if it exists.
COLLOCATION
verb and noun
SOURCE TEXT
TRANSLATION
BASED ON
LITERAL MEANING
TRANSLATION
BASED ON
COLLOCATION
- melakukan perjalanan
- do a trip
- make a trip
- membantu kelahiran
- assist a baby-birth
- deliver a baby
- melakukan kunjungan
- do a visit
- pay a visit
- menghasilkan uang
- generate money
- make (earn) money
- menciptakan perdamaian
- create peace
- make peace
- memandu orketra
- guide an orchestra
- conduct an orchestra
- minum obat
- drink medicine
- take medicine
- makan waktu
- eat time
- take time
- melakukan usaha
- do a effort
- make an effort
COLLOCATION
verb plus noun
- mengalami kecelakaan
- experience an accident
- have an accident
- mengejar bus
- pursue a bus
- catch a bus
- memberikan putusan
- give a verdict
- deliver a verdict
- mencurahkan perhatian
- give attention
- pay attention
- menyampaikan pidato
- present a speech
- deliver a speech
- etc
- etc
- etc
COLLOCATION
NOUN PLUS NOUN
• pencipta perdamaian
peace-creator
peace-maker
• pecahnya perang
the break of war
the outbreak of war
• meletusnya perang
the eruption of war
the outbreak of war
• dampak rumahkaca
greenhouse impact
greenhouse-effect
• penyakit mental
mental disease
mental illness
• etc
etc
etc
COLLOCATION
NOUN AND ADJECTIVE
tinggi
tall man
high mountain
COLLOCATION
lebat
dense forest ---------- heavy/ hard rain
tebal
thick wood ---------- dense fog
cepat
quick response --- fast car --- rapid progress
COLLOCATION
rusak
broken chair
damaged item
jauh
far sight
long distance
kuat
strong motivation
powerful engine
COLLOCATION
VERB AND ADVERB
sangat
highly recommend - strongly suggest
etc