Chapter 11
Speaking idiomatically
Prefabricated chunks as low-level constructions
Article outline
- 11.1Idiomaticity
- 11.1.1The idiom principle
- 11.2Idioms as constructions
- 11.3Constructions involving particles
- 11.3.1Verb-particle constructions
- 11.3.2Constructions with two particles
- 11.4Collocation
- 11.5Small-scale constructions
- 11.5.1The let-alone construction
- 11.5.2The god-knows construction
- 11.5.3The comparative-correlative construction
- 11.6Outlook
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Notes
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