ix ABSTRACT
Collocation in the Railway Children Novel
By Zeni Filiana
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This research designed to find out the types and the patterns of collocation in the Railway Children Novel. The analysis is conducted by using the theory of McCarthy and O’dell theory in determining the types and the patterns of collocation. This research also used qualitative research method. The data were collected and analyzed in written form not numeral or statistic, but the data can be words or table. To sum up, there are 54 collocation terms in the Railway Children novel. The writer notice that in classifications there are the following patterns of collocation are Adjective + Noun, Noun + Noun, Verb + Noun, Verb + Adverb, Adverb + Adjective.
Keywords: Collocation, the railway children novel, types, patterns.
