How frequency of collocations influences on relations of units in the mental lexicon

The article is concerned with the correlation between lexemes frequency and attractive peculiarities of their representations in the mental lexicon. Based on Corpora data and results of free associative tests the author evaluates the correlations between frequency of lexemes and the probability of activation associative link between them. The difference in the organization of associative links of the lexeme MAN in the mental lexicon of Russian speaking children and adults is discussed. The author shows that only collocations in texts have essential influence of the strength of associative links for children and adults as well.