collocationsaccordés

Collocations accords, also known as concorded collocations, refer to the phenomenon where the choice of words in a common phrase or idiom is influenced by the grammatical agreement between its constituent parts. This is particularly relevant in languages that have rich inflectional systems, such as French or Spanish, where adjectives, articles, and verbs must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify or relate to.

For instance, in French, if a collocation involves a noun that is feminine singular, the associated adjective or article within that collocation will also take a feminine singular form. While the phrase itself functions as a unit, the internal grammatical concord is a defining characteristic. This is distinct from simple collocations where words are frequently paired but without strict grammatical dependency.

The study of collocations accords is important for linguistic analysis, particularly in areas like lexicography, corpus linguistics, and natural language processing. Understanding these concorded pairings helps in accurately describing language usage and in developing more sophisticated language processing tools. It highlights how grammatical rules can intricately shape even seemingly fixed expressions, ensuring a cohesive and grammatically sound utterance.