A corpus analysis of frequently occurring words and their collocations in high-impact research articles in education

• Main Authors: Sharmine Farahin Bahtiar, Arshad Abd Samad, Abu Bakar Mohamed Razali, Ho, Yoong Wei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16540/1/40112-145056-2-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16540/; https://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1364
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

In research writing, the importance of formulaic sequences (FS) or collocations and the need for writers to adapt and utilise these phrasal constructions in their writing cannot be denied. However, English as a second or a foreign language (ESL/EFL) writers often have difficulty in finding the r...