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Publication details [#17825]
Moon, Rosamund E. 1998. Fixed expressions and idioms in English: A corpus-based approach. Clarendon Press. xi + 338 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
ISBN
0-19-823614-X
Annotation
In this text-based study of fixed expressions (idioms), the author shows that fixed expressions can only be fully appreciated if studied in context. The corpus analysis questions much previous research and argues for the development of use-centered models.
