Collocations and their practical usage in business English

Abstract

The world of business touches upon almost every single facet of the modern world, and thus knowledge regarding the operational aspects of business has become a phenomenon of basic education. Precise understanding and command of the language of business, its terminology and its combinations of collocations, is crucial for an adequate degree of communication in this era of globalization and competition. Collocation, despite its relatively long standing as a concept in linguistic theory, has been treated with considerable neglect. This paper deals the term of collocation and its characteristics. The aim is to demonstrate to what extent the terminologies of English and Czech, as they are used in selected collocations from the sphere of business, correspond to each other, especially from the perspective of their formation and inner structure.