D’ESTIMAR BOJAMENT A FRACASSAR ESTREPITOSAMENT: UNA APROXIMACIÓ A LES COMBINACIONS LÈXIQUES RESTRICTIVES BASADA EN CORPUS

This paper presents corpus data on restrictive word combinations in contemporary Catalan language and, specifically, on verb-adverb combinations of the type estimar bojament (‘to love madly’) and fracassar estrepitosament (‘to fail badly’). It is proposed to study these sequences taking into account two theoretical points of view: firstly, on the basis of the theoretical concept of collocation, according to the definition adopted by research (following authors such as Mel’cuk and Hausmann); secondly, on the basis of the interpretation of these same lexical combinations as a result of the semantic restrictions imposed by a predicate to its arguments (Bosque). The analysis of the data provides a starting point for reflecting on certain limitations of the concept of collocation —particularly, with respect to stability and combinatorial restriction as defining features—, while providing considerations for assessing the complementarity of both research strategies for obtaining linguistically significant inform...