Lexical combinations and language fluency

Abstract

This study focuses on the manipulation of the language code to do things with words. The analytical interest is not stimulated by simple lexemes, but by their possible syntagmatic combinations, not only in the field of language teaching, but also in that of translation, both pedagogical and professional. This objective is set in a perspective that reveals how any unambiguous interlingual correspondence is artificial, and that, at the same time, makes it essential to know how to identify the functional networks that organize words and their combinations, and relate them to the elements involved in building meaning. The study arises from the assumption that an analysis of the vocabulary of the languages involved in communication is fundamental, considering the hypothesis that the combination of words is privative of a given linguistic code and that, therefore, for this very reason, languages may differ or coincide totally or partially. There are two final goals: 1) to highlight how the interlinguistic operation, both in language teaching and in translation, depends on the lexicon and its combinations, in order to ensure the effectiveness of language at every level; 2) to reflect on how to compile a bilingual dictionary that is innovative and truly useful for both students and professionals.