A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Collocational Framework the * of in the Legal Text: A Case Study of The Criminal Law of the PRC

Abstract

Collocational framework is a critical part of the studies of phraseology. With the rapid development of corpus linguistics, the study of collocational frameworks gradually overcomes the limitation of statistics and becomes more persuasive than ever before. Under this background, this paper attempts to analyze the typical collocational framework the * of in the legal text based on a self-complied corpus of The Criminal Law of the PRC, hoping to revealing the features and functions of the collocational framework the * of in the legal text.