Collocations and examples of use: a lexical-semantic approach to terminology

Abstract

The paper describes the compilation of an online terminological database that also includes a lexical-semantic framework of terms in the form of collocations and examples of use. Both types of information were extracted from a specialised corpus automatically, using Word Sketch and GDEX functions in the Sketch Engine corpus tool. Each entry contains links to two corpora: the LSP corpus of the public relations field KoRP and the Gigafida corpus, a reference corpus of Slovene. Preliminary results of the survey conducted among the target users of the terminological database indicate that the information on the term’s typical collocations is very useful for fully understanding the term, its meaning and role in the context.