Discoursal functions of ideational, interpersonal and relational idiomatic expressions
Discoursal functions of ideational, interpersonal and relational idiomatic expressions
Author(s): Zuzana Hrdličková
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: cohesion; coherence; connective; discourse; function; idiomatic expression;
Summary/Abstract: Research into language learning pays more attention to how rules are learnt, rather than to the goals of such learning. Conventionalized multiword expressions, or idioms, and the lexis itself have been relatively neglected in language studies. Such neglect can be ascribed to the vocabulary being viewed as the non-generative component. Picking up prefabricated expressions constitutes one of the means of acquiring language. Idiomatic expressions have the potential of appearing anywhere and everywhere, and are marked as occurring in mature discourse. The analysis of reading texts, taken from two English course books series at the advanced level of profi ciency, aims to reveal whether and to what extent idiomatic expressions are used in this type of discourse, and what functions they perform.
Book: Communication across genres and discourses sixth Brno conference on linguistics studies in English
- Page Range: 59-72
- Page Count: 14
- Publication Year: 2015
- Language: English
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