A Corpus-Based Study on High Frequency Verb Collocations in the Case of “HAVE”

[Abstract] On the basis of a corpus-driven approach, this research investigates high-frequency verb collocations in the case of have by Chinese non-English major learners. Results show that despite the most frequent use of the verb have, the learners make use of relatively low collocation types. The learners tend to simply overuse the words related to the topic or given by the writing directions. It is also found that in the use of have collocation, the learners are inclined to be affected by mother tongue interference and overgeneralization.