A horse is laughing, or are there idiomatic errors? Cover Image
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Koń się śmieje, czyli czy istnieją błędy frazeologiczne?
A horse is laughing, or are there idiomatic errors?

Author(s): Urszula Andrejewicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA

Summary/Abstract: This paper touches upon the issue of correctness of idiomatic expressions in the context of research based on large text corpora. It asks which forms of idiomatic expressions should be deemed correct: the ones recorded in dictionaries, codifi ed, or the ones with high frequency in corpora. Ignoring the usage would result in the situation where an assumed, rather than the actual, resource of idiomatic expressions in the Polish language would be described. On the other hand, a large number of the units recorded in corpora cannot be described with the concept of variant or rejected by deeming them incorrect. They simply constitute a different method of using idiomatic expressions.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 44-50
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish