Analyze and comment on the following.Use the following groups of phrases to illustrate the definition and the overlapping feature of collocative meaning.a) pretty girl, pretty flower, handsome boy, handsome carb) pretty woman, handsome woman
     COLLOCATIVE MEANING CONSISTS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS A WORD ACQUIRES IN ITS COLLOCATION. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS THAT PART OF THE WORD-MEANING SUGGESTED BY THE WORDS BEFORE OR AFTER THE WORD IN DISCUSSION. PRETTY AND HANDSOME SHARE THE CONCEPTUAL MEANING OF "GOOD-LOOKING" BUT ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THE RANGE OF NOUNS THEY COLLOCATE WITH, SUCH AS PRETTY GIRL, PRETTY FLOWER, HANDSOME BOY, HANDSOME CAR.
     IT MAY BE NOTED THAT THERE IS SOME OVERLAP BETWEEN THE COLLOCATIONS OF THE TWO WORDS, SUCH AS PRETTY WOMAN AND HANDSOME WOMAN. THOUGH BOTH ARE CORRECT, YET THEY SUGGEST A DIFFERENT KIND OF ATTRACTIVENESS. A PRETTY WOMAN STRESSES THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF FACIAL FEATURES WHILE A HANDSOME WOMAN MAY NOT BE FACIALLY BEAUTIFUL, YET IS ATTRACTIVE IN OTHER RESPECTS: A SLENDER FIGURE, POSTURE, BEHAVIOR, ETC.
