WORD ASSOCIATIONS AND BINOMIALS
WORD ASSOCIATIONS AND BINOMIALS

Summary/Abstract: There are presented some thoughts about binomials and their importance as related to word associations is emphasized. Firstly, five words in the food domain used as stimuli are examined while searching to outline the association field of each and highlighting the dominant associations. Secondly, these same stimuli are added a conjunction to boost production of binomial pairs. These goals are achieved by means of questionnaires, in Bulgarian and in English, spread among some Bulgarian students studying English, Bulgarians living in the UK, and a small number of native speakers. The methods used are similar to Free association test and Word associate format. The results from the surveys and a comparison between the two languages serve as a basis for drawing conclusions on the preferences of the suggested options. The findings in two corpora confirm the observations.

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