NLP: Word embeddings

Note: the Hunston reading doesn't give answers to all of the following, but you should have a good handle on these after the discussion in class

1. How do collocations relate to native speaker knowledge: naked eye, budge

2. Introduction to collocates

• Words anywhere in a given span/"cloud of words" near a given node word
• Simple examples
• Does directionality matter?
• Does the span matter?
• strange results: abortion // supreme , health // act; others??

3. What is the difference between collocations and collocates?

4. What is colligation?

5. What is Mutual Information score? Why is it useful in sorting through collocates?

Collocates in AntConc

Phraseology: CNN article (WordAndPhrase.info)