This book provides a corpus-led analysis of multi-word units (MWUs)
in English, specifically fixed pairs of nouns which are linked by a
conjunction, such as 'mum and dad', 'bride and groom' and 'law and
order'. Crucially, the occurrence pattern of such pairs is
dependent on genre, and this book aims to document the structural
distribution of some key Linked Noun Groups (LNGs). The author
looks at the usage patterns found in a range of poetry and fiction
dating from the 17th to 20th century, and also highlights the
important role such binomials play in academic English, while
acknowledging that they are far less common in casual spoken
English. His findings will be highly relevant to students and
scholars working in language teaching, stylistics, and language
technology (including AI).
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