The Linguistic Status of Phrases
The Linguistic Status of Phrases

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the semantic and social importance of the idioms, their role in building up meaning and communication. The idioms are viewed both synthetically and analytically within a general but also specific historical framework. I have tried to demonstrate that idioms are part and parcel of our everyday life, can hardly be translated or paraphrased, work as a global unity and must be studied thoroughly to reach a satisfying level of understanding in the speakers of Romanian. The research of Romanian phraseology is still in its childhood period and it has not yet defined itself as a stable domain of linguistics. This paper urges the scientific community to give it the importance it deserves.

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