English Idioms: A Review of Recognition Criteria

English Idioms: A Review of Recognition Criteria

In this paper David Jowitt attempts to review the characteristics by which an idiom may be recognised. After exploring the various ways in which the term 'idiom' has been used by scholars and in dictionaries, he observes that the set of properties often used to define the idiom are insuff...

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Glavni avtor:	Jowitt, David
Format:	Book chapter
Jezik:	angleščina
Izdano:	Centre for Language in Education and Development 2014
Teme:	Idioms Vocabulary development Nigerian idioms Idiomatic English Paradigmatic Syntagmatic
Online dostop:	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2644
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