Collocations in Twenty-first Century English Monolingual Lexicography: a State of the Art

Many studies in the field of lexicography have been devoted to collocations in order to analyse their coverage and position in different English monolingual dictionaries. Indeed, given that it is learners who have the greatest difficulty in understanding and in using collocations, researchers have been examining language users’ ability to find and select collocations in such dictionaries. The outcome of these researches has prompted a series of studies that stress the need for a more suitable dictionary for collocations. This essay will de devoted to providing a synoptic report about studies that feature the collocation, the user, and the dictionary.