Everything in fact depends in Chinese on the proper collocation of words in a sentence. Thus ngò tà ni means “I beat thee;” but ni tà ngò would mean “Thou beatest me.”
Little and few are also incomplete negatives; note the frequent collocation with no: there is little or no danger.
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collocation — [ kɔlɔkasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe; lat. collocatio « placement » → colloquer 1 ♦ (1690) Dr. Classement des créanciers dans l ordre que le juge a assigné pour leur paiement. Par ext. Classement. 2 ♦ Région. (Belgique) Dr. Internement, emprisonnement … Encyclopédie Universelle
collocation — COLLOCATION. sub. fém. Terme de Pratique. Action par laquelle on range des créanciers dans l ordre suivant lequel ils doivent être payés. On a fait la collocation de ses créanciers. [b]f♛/b] On appelle Collocation utile, Une collocation pour le… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Collocation — Col lo*ca tion, n. [L. collocatio.] 1. The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement. [1913 Webster] The choice and collocation of words. Sir W. Jones. [1913 Webster] 2. (Linguistics) a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
collocation — Collocation. s. f. v. Action par laquelle on colloque des creanciers en ordre pour estre payez. On a fait la collocation de ces creanciers. Il signifie aussi, L ordre, le rang dans lequel chaque creancier est colloqué. Il a esté payé suivant sa… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
collocation — is a term in descriptive linguistics for the customary association of words with other words. A bystander is usually said to be innocent, consequences are often far reaching, and politicians are cautiously optimistic. For some reason, Catholics… … Modern English usage
Collocation — (v. lat.), 1) Stellung; 2) im Concurs Anordnung der Reihe der Gläubiger, nach welcher solche ihre Befriedigung aus dem Vermögen des Gemeinschuldners erhalten sollen; angegeben in dem Collocationsurtel; vgl. Concurs; 3) Verheirathung, Ausstattung; … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
collocation — index arrangement (ordering), array (order), building (business of assembling), chamber (body), collection ( … Law dictionary
collocation — mid 15c., from L. collocationem (nom. collocatio), noun of action from collocare (see COLLOCATE (Cf. collocate)). Linguistics sense is attested from 1940 … Etymology dictionary
collocation — ► NOUN 1) the habitual occurrence of a word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance. 2) a word or group of words that habitually occur together (e.g. heavy drinker). ORIGIN Latin, from collocare place together … English terms dictionary
collocation — [käl΄ə kā′shən] n. [L collocatio] a collocating or being collocated; specif., an arrangement, as of words in a sentence … English World dictionary
Collocation — This article is about the corpus linguistics notion. For other uses, see Colocation (disambiguation). In corpus linguistics, collocation defines a sequence of words or terms that co occur more often than would be expected by chance. In… … Wikipedia
