Fixed Expressions and Idioms in English - A Corpus-Based Approach

Klappentext This is a text-based study of fixed expressions, or idioms. Moon's central argument is that fixed expressions can only be fully understood if they are considered in the context of the texts in which they occur. She examines several thousand fixed expressions and how they are being used in current English. She argues that examination of the corpus raises questions about many received ideas on fixed expressions and idioms, and suggests that new, use-centered, models are required. Zusammenfassung A text-based study of fixed expressions, or idioms, providing an overview of this area of lexis in English. The central argument is that fixed expressions can only be understood when considered together with the texts in which they occur. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction and Background 2: Collocation and Chunking 3: Corpus and Computer 4: Frequencies and FEIs 5: Lexical and Grammatical Form 6: Variation 7: Ambiguity, Polysemy, and Metaphor 8: Discoursal Functions of FEIs 9: Evaluation and Interactional Perspectives 10: Cohesion and FEIs 11: Afterword

Product details

• Authors: Rosamund Moon, Rosamund (Honorary Research Fellow Moon, Moon Rosamund
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198236146
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823614-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Oxford Studies in Lexicography; Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology; Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology; Oxford Studies in Lexicography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Lexicography, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Lexicography, Grammar, syntax and morphology