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Idiomacity vs. “Repeated Discourse”: Comparative Approaches In English and Romanian
Idiomacity vs. “Repeated Discourse”: Comparative Approaches In English and Romanian

Author(s): Antoanela Marta Mardar
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință
Keywords: fixed lexical patterns; idioms; phraseological unit; phraseology

Summary/Abstract: Starting from the idea that some of the terminology related to fixed lexical patterns in English has been borrowed by Romanian linguists, sometimes with their validated English meaning, some other times with confusing and rather contradictory meanings (see, for example, phraseological unit and idiom), the present paper aims at providing a comparative presentation of some of the most representative approaches to the various types of fixed lexical patterns existing in English and Romanian and of the terminology adopted by the specialists representative of these two linguistic and cultural spaces.

  • Issue Year: 14/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 210-219
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English