Consociation (Linguistics)
The consociation (Latin: consociare "to connect closely") describes the linguistic phenomenon that some lexemes only appear as a pair. The two words are mutually dependent. Often these are phraseologisms .
Rhyme the two words and guided both on the same part of speech, or it is on the other side a alliteration before, it is a twin formula .
Consociation is more likely to be found in German vocabulary, splitting in English.
Examples
- Head and collar
- Tutes and bubbles
- Child and cone (twin formula)
- Fear and anxiety, both derived from closely (twin formula)
- with skin and hair (twin formula)
- House and yard (twin formula)
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- Helmut Glück (Ed.): Metzler-Lexikon Sprach , 2000