Publications

Publication details [#28165]

Strazhas-Kameneckaite, Nedda. 1990. The world of work: As reflected in idioms based on English, French, German, Russian and Lithuanian. (Grazer Linguistische Monographien 6). Institut für Linguistik der Universität Graz. 238 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

idiom | institutional context | psychology | worker | workplace conversation

Language as a subject

English | French | German | Lithuanian | Russian

Annotation

This volume discusses and compares the domain of work as mirrored in idioms based on English, French, German, Lithuanian and Russian. It provides a social stratification of the working population, and discusses the worlds, the semantics and the semiotics of work.

Reviewed by

Press, J. Ian. 1996. Review of $The world of work: As reflected in idioms based on English, French, German, Russian and Lithuanian.