Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1 Introduction1

2 Literature Review.2

2.1 Definition of Lexical Collocation-2

2.1.1 Classification of Lexical Collocation-.3

2.1.2 Collocation Restrictions-3

2.2 Reasons for Collocational Errors-4

2.2.1 Language Transfer-4

2.3 Corpus Linguistics-6

2.3.1 Definition of Corpus-6

2.3.2 Methodology for Corpus-based Studies-6

2.3.3 Principles for Gathering Corpus Data-.7

2.3.4 Introduction to COCA-.8

2.3.5 Introduction to BNC-8

2.3.6 Self-build Corpus-.9

2.3.7 Introduction to BFSU PowerConc-.9

3 Corpus Analysis for Improper Collocations-10

3.1 Corpus Analysis of White Papers-.10

3.2 Samples from Self-built Corpus A11

3.3 Samples from Self-built Corpus B12

4 Approaches for Enhancing Collocational Proficiency in C-E Translation-13

5 Conclusion-.16

References.17