Rethinking idiomaticity : a usage-based approach /
Being presented with phrases of the kind, 'take the plunge' and 'write a letter', native speakers of English tend to agree that the former is more idiomatic that the latter. What exactly is it about these two phrases that guide speakers' judgements? Adopting a usage-based pe...
| Основен автор: | Wulff, Stefanie. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
Continuum,
2010.
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| Серия: |
Corpus and discourse. Research in corpus and discourse.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=344022 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Rethinking idiomaticity. |
| Резюме: |
Being presented with phrases of the kind, 'take the plunge' and 'write a letter', native speakers of English tend to agree that the former is more idiomatic that the latter. What exactly is it about these two phrases that guide speakers' judgements? Adopting a usage-based perspective, this study addresses the question 'which factors do speakers rely upon when assessing the idiomaticity of a construction?'. Rethinking Idiomaticity is the first study to bring together a quantitative corpus-linguistic approach and quantitative judgement data to explore the nature of idiomaticity as a complex conc. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 240 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781441184955 1441184953 |