14.115, Qs: Applied Ling Texts, Fixed English Expression

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Subject: 14.115, Qs: Applied Ling Texts, Fixed English Expression

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1)
Date:  Thu, 09 Jan 2003 17:50:22 +0900
From:  applepie at minos.ocn.ne.jp
Subject:  Applied Ling Texts

2)
Date:  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:40:07 +0100 (CET)
From:   Ken-Ichi Nishio  kenichinishio at yahoo.de
Subject:  Fixed Expression

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 09 Jan 2003 17:50:22 +0900
From:  applepie at minos.ocn.ne.jp
Subject:  Applied Ling Texts

Hello. I'm a research student in applied linguistics.  Could anyone
direct me to research/publications on "cultural bias in EFL
textbooks". I can only read English and Japanese.

Many thanks in advance.

Mitsuko Takahashi
Kobe Shoin Women's University
Kobe Shoin Institute for Linguistics Sciences


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:40:07 +0100 (CET)
From:   Ken-Ichi Nishio  kenichinishio at yahoo.de
Subject:  Fixed Expression

Hello dear linguists,

I am a Japenese student of ELT, studying in Germany at the moment.

I found the phrase "That/it is not as ADJECTIVE as you think" listed
as a fixed expression in some TOEFL preparation materials, and I am
planning to write a term paper for a class on corpus linguistics about
it.

I have found some interesting corpus results, for example, that the
phrase mainly collocates with adjectives like _bad_, _easy_, and
_straightforward_.  However, to write my term paper, I need to know if
there is any previous literature on this expression. I have tried to
find literature in the MLA database, and I have checked all
dictionaries available to me (OED, OALD, Cobuild, LDCE, as well as
some idiom dictionaries), but I have not been able to find anything.

If anyone can point me to some relevant literature on this expression,
I would be very grateful. I am looking at the expression from an ELT
perspective, but any type of discussion of it would be helpful to me.

Best regards,
Ken-Ichi Nishio

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