Fernando, Chitra. <br/><br/>
Idioms and idiomaticity / 
Chitra Feranando. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  1996. 
 - xix, 265 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Describing English language .
<br/><br/> This work provides a comprehensive treatment of idioms and idiomaticity from a functional perspective. It examines the use of idioms in discourse to combine the novel and the conventional, to convey representations of the world, evaluate people and situations, and create coherent, cohesive texts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0194371999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Idioms.<br/>English language--Slang.<br/>Figures of speech.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P301.5  / .I34F47 1996