02389nam 2200517 a 450 991082180530332120200520144314.01-4411-8495-3(CKB)2670000000056291(EBL)602030(OCoLC)682540913(SSID)ssj0000472763(PQKBManifestationID)12190101(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472763(PQKBWorkID)10437574(PQKB)11217771(MiAaPQ)EBC602030(EXLCZ)99267000000005629120090609d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRethinking idiomaticity a usage-based approach /Stefanie Wulff1st ed.London ;New York Continuumc20081 online resource (251 p.)Corpus and discourse. Research in corpus and discourseDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-1644-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and indexes.Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Theoretical issues; 2 Methodological issues; 3 Compositionality; 4 Flexibility measures; 5 The idiomatic variation continuum; 6 The idiomaticity continuum; 7 Towards a new model of idiomaticity; Appendices; References; Author Index; Subject IndexBeing presented with phrases of the kind, 'take the plunge' and 'write a letter', native speakers of English tend to agree that the former is more idiomatic that the latter. What exactly is it about these two phrases that guide speakers' judgements? Adopting a usage-based perspective, this study addresses the question 'which factors do speakers rely upon when assessing the idiomaticity of a construction?'. Rethinking Idiomaticity is the first study to bring together a quantitative corpus-linguistic approach and quantitative judgement data to explore the nature of idiomaticity as a complex concCorpus and discourse.Research in corpus and discourse.IdiomsIdioms.401.9Wulff Stefanie706391MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821805303321Rethinking idiomaticity1347755UNINA