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Kathrin Steyer

• This contribution article focuses on German-language collocation research and lexicographic practice from a corpus linguistic perspective. Although there is no dictionary called “Deutsches Kollokationswörterbuch” (German collocation dictionary), the collocation perspective acquires increasing popularity in linguistic research and dictionary work in the German-speaking area. On the one hand, this tendency is due to the growing number of studies dealing with German as a contrast language and works on foreign language didactics. On the other hand, powerful electronic resources such as large corpora and lexical databases, which are nowadays available for the German language, are recognised as a valuable empirical basis. Nevertheless, the application of novel corpus linguistic methods in lexicographic practice is still unsatisfactory. Therefore, this article concludes by discussing innovative aspects of corpus linguistic empirical research on the basis of collocations. These ideas are presented as an incentive for further research as well as practical application.