Japanese Learners’dictionary of I-adjective-noun Collocations

This paper demonstrates a method for creating Japanese learners dictionary of i-adjective-noun collocations. After an introduction of the importance of collocations and the necessity of their inclusion in Japanese language learning, we present various corpora types and corpus query tools that are used to obtain variety of collocational usage in different types of discourse. The Japanese language proficiency word-list is also used to provide levels of difficulty for dictionary headwords and their collocations. Further on, the process of collocation selection, analysis, and description of the i-adjective-noun collocation dictionary is presented. Keyword: collocations, Japanese language, learners’ dictionaries, i-adjective-noun collocations, corpora