Date: 10 October 2024 (Thu)
Time: 6:45 pm (60 minutes of conference + 30 minutes for Q&A)
Venue: Room KK102, 1/F , K.K. Leung Building, Main Campus, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Pokfulam
In English with examples of collocations in Italian.
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On the occasion of the XXIV Week of the Italian Language in the World and as part of the Italian autumn festival Italia On Stage, the Italian Cultural Institute presents the conference of Prof. Paola Tiberii.
The Dizionario delle collocazioni (Dictionary of collocations) is a tool for teaching and learning language that significantly improves both written and oral expression, facilitating the natural fluency of the language.
In linguistics the term ‘collocation’ is used to mean a combination of lexical items that regularly occurs together, and sounds natural, in speech or writing. The way words combine in a language is not determined by rules but is instead established through repeated context-dependent use within the language community.
The lecture will be about collocations as a linguistic feature, as well as a linguistic challenge for language learners. The lecture will be followed by a seminar for students that will provide practical strategies to increase vocabulary and idiomatic speech.
Paola Tiberii
Paola Tiberii is a lexicographer, a translator, and a musicologist. She is the author of the Dizionario delle collocazioni published by Zanichelli. Ms Tiberii is regularly invited by universities and cultural institutions for lessons, workshops and seminars on collocations, lexical proficiency, and innovative language teaching methods.