Chapter 21
Phraseological units and metaphors
Article outline
- 21.1Introduction
- 21.2Definition
- A.The polylexemic character of phraseological units
- B.The semantic and syntactic stability of phraseological units
- C.Lexicalisation
- D.Idiomaticity
- E.Connotations
- 21.3Classifications
- 21.4The use of phraseological units
- 21.4.1PUs as text constituents
- 21.4.2PUs as text-structuring elements
- 21.4.3Modifications
- 21.5Analysis of the Esperanto phraseology in the dataset
- 21.6Historical phraseology: A pilot study
- 21.7Metaphors and similes
- 21.8Some concluding remarks on phraseology and metaphors in Esperanto
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Notes