RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Rethinking Lexical Cohexion: a case study of collocation through formal and conceptual integration in Media political discourse A1 Alonso Rodríguez, Pilar A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid K1 Filología Inglesa AB This article contends that the collocation of words in a given textual situation is closely linked to the establishment of mental spaces and to the construction of mental models which are generated online as information is received and discourse is interpreted and processed (Fauconnier 1994, Fauconnier and Turner 2002). This connects with aspects of Hoey's theory of priming (2005), where collocation is seen as a textual cohesive phenomenon governed by the text producers' choice s of word combinations and by the text receivers' prospects of re-usage. The analysis of data from a small corpus of poli tic al discourse in the media supports the conceptual approach to collocation, and suggests considering this lexico-semantic cohesive function of words a cognitive property of linguistic expressions. SN 0210-9689 YR 2008 FD 2008 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17360 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17360 LA spa NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2008, N.29, pags.17-29 DS UVaDOC RD 22-nov-2024