SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS: A CORPUS-BASED STUDY

This article explores the semantic and pragmatic characteristics of English collocations through a corpus-based approach. Collocations, as stable combinations of lexical units, play a crucial role in natural language use and reflect both linguistic patterns and contextual meaning. The study aims to identify the most frequent types of collocations in English and analyze their semantic relationships and pragmatic functions in authentic discourse. The research is based on data obtained from major linguistic corpora, including the British National Corpus and the Corpus of Contemporary American English. By applying quantitative and qualitative methods, the study examines lexical patterns, frequency distribution, and contextual usage of collocations across different genres. The findings reveal that English collocations demonstrate strong semantic cohesion and are often influenced by contextual and pragmatic factors such as register, discourse type, and communicative intention. Moreover, the study highlights the importance of collocational competence in language learning and translation, emphasizing that inadequate knowledge of collocations may lead to unnatural or inaccurate language production.本文采用基于语料库的研究方法，探究英语搭配的语义与语用特征。搭配作为词汇单位的稳定组合，在自然语言使用中发挥关键作用，既体现语言模式特征，又承载语境内涵。本研究旨在识别英语中的高频搭配类型，并分析其在真实语篇中的语义关系与语用功能。 本研究的数据取自主流语言语料库，包括英国国家语料库（British National Corpus）与当代美国英语语料库（Corpus of Contemporary American English）。通过定量与定性相结合的研究方法，本研究考察了不同语篇体裁下搭配的词汇模式、频次分布及语境使用情况。 研究结果显示，英语搭配具备较强的语义黏合性，且常受语域、语篇类型、交际意图等语境与语用因素影响。此外，本研究强调了搭配能力在语言学习与翻译中的重要价值，并指出，搭配知识储备不足可能导致语言表达不自然或不准确。