Fixed Lexical Collocation
Definition:
A fixed lexical collocation is a collocation of two or more co-occurring lexemes in an unchanging syntactic and semantic relationship.
Discussion:
Fixed lexical collocations typically consist of constructions between nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
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