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Chapter 1   Introduction

1.1   Background of the Study
In  the  last  two  decades,  there  is  an  increasing  attention  on  the  study  of vocabulary  in  the  second  language  learning  and  language  teaching.  Vocabulary  is considered  as  the  basis  of  communication.  Many  English  learners  think  that  the number of vocabulary they master can stand for their English level. However, lexical collocation  is  paid  more  attention  than  a  single  word  among  the  researchers.  One  of the  most  outstanding  utterance  competences  between  native  speakers  and  second language learners is collocation competence. Since Firth came up with the concept of “collocation”  in  1957,  the  researchers  discussed  the  related  issues  about  lexical collocation  from  different  angles  in  language  teaching  and  learning.  The  second language  learners  always  produce  unnatural  English  both  in  communications  and writings. Also, Ellis (1994) believes that collocation can represent the lexical level of the learners. Adjective-noun collocation ranks second only to verb-noun collocation. But the study  of  adjective-noun  collocation  errors  is  relatively  rare.  Collocation  errors  are unavoidable  in  the  process  of  second  language  learning.  Hence,  the  present  thesis studies  adjective-noun  collocation  errors  in  English  majors’  compositions  through corpus-based approach. Under the guidance of error analysis, it combines quantitative analysis  and  qualitative  analysis  to  study  errors.  This  study  explores  the  types  of adjective-noun  collocation  errors  and  analyzes  the  causes  why  the  learners  commit these errors and suggestions on vocabulary learning and teaching are also proposed.  
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1.2   Significance of the Study
It  is  known  that  lexical  collocation  plays  an  important  role  in  the  process  of second  language  learning.  Nonetheless  the  acquisition  of  lexical  collocation  is difficult  for  second  language  learners.  More  native  lexical  collocations  they  require, more achievements they make in their communications and writings. Adjective-noun collocation is one significant type of lexical collocations. In China, single words and grammar are the emphasis of English teaching and learning. However, even though a mass  of  researchers  have  studied  lexical  collocation  in  China,  most  of  them  present research results theoretically. This study adopts both theoretical and practical methods to &nb本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。