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Publication details [#2395]

Coulmas, Florian. 1981. Idiomaticity as a problem of pragmatics. In Parret, Herman, Marina Sbisà and Jef Verschueren, eds. Possibilities and limitations of pragmatics. John Benjamins. pp. 139–151.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

cooperation | idiom | indirectness | metaphor | pun

Annotation

Two specific types of indirectness, metaphor and punning, are studied. C. concentrates on the relationship between metaphors and idioms and argues that punning on idioms (which involves a reliteralization of idioms) could be regarded as a form of communicative boycott.