The collocations of modern Polish: the case of kolaborować [to collaborate] and ambasador [an ambassador]
The collocations of modern Polish: the case of kolaborować [to collaborate] and ambasador [an ambassador]

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to confirm whether or not the modification of words’ meanings is associated with their collocations. Based on the analysis performed on the collocations of the verb kolaborować [to collaborate] and the noun ambasador [an ambassador] we proved the existence of the aforementioned correlation. The language material for research was collected using PELCRA search engine for Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [The National Corpus of Polish] and Monco PL searching tool for websites. The analysis of the authentic examples of word combinations reveals the relation between node terms and their collocates. In the case of the verb kolaborować, excerpt collocations refer to the negative contexts associated with cooperation with the enemy and the neutral contexts referring to the cooperation of people and companies. The contexts of the noun ambasador are related to the work of a diplomatic representative to a foreign country, an action spokesperson or a brand ambassador. Our research indicated that collocations are not accidental or arbitrary. It has been also noted that study of collocations is a valuable starting point for linguistic analyses.

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