Idioms and idiomaticity / Chitra Feranando.

By:

Fernando, Chitra

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Describing English languagePublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1996.Description: xix, 265 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

0194371999

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LOC classification:

P301.5 .I34F47 1996

Summary: 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.

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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.

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