• Dr. Mahmood Ahmed Awan

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• Dr. Abrar Hussain Qureshi

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With the rise of the Firthian linguistics, the importance of bringing about a distinct shift from learning and teaching lexical items towards a consideration of lexis in larger units of language organization began to be felt. As meaning in text is cumulative and each lexical item is affected what follows it or precedes it. So the study of lexis does not mean the study of words in isolation. So, collocations play an important role in second language learning and teaching, especially at advance level. There is a slim body of literature on the study of Urdu collocations. The gap is deplorable especially in view of the fact that the use of computer has brought about in the study of language. The EMILLE corpus is a case in point. Employing the EMILLE, the present article aims to explore Urdu collocation vis-à-vis their structure and
function. The study shows that collocations play a very significant role in the Urdu language. The finding has pedagogical implications. The teachers and material designers of Urdu must focus on the way collocations create meanings. The article concludes with the hope this article will at a spur to other researchers of Urdu to investigate the manifold aspects of the Urdu collocations. 

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