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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Centre for Language in Education and Development
2014
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