29.4237, Books: A Syntactic Study of Idioms: Dąbrowska

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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:04:49
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Subject: A Syntactic Study of Idioms: Dąbrowska

 


Title: A Syntactic Study of Idioms 
Subtitle: Psychological States in English and Their Constraints 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
	   http://www.cambridgescholars.com/
	

Book URL: http://cambridgescholars.com 


Author: Anna Dąbrowska

Hardback: ISBN:  9781527506169 Pages: 371 Price: U.K. £ 68.99


Abstract:

Since the general tendencies of present-day English focus more on idiomatic
usage, it seems to be worth paying attention to the role phraseological units
play in a language. In the field of English phraseology, linguists have shown
a constant interest in idioms. Undoubtedly, not only are idioms an important
part of the language and culture of the society, but they also carry more
impact than non-idiomatic expressions because of their close identification
with a particular language and culture. It is difficult to speak or write
English without using idioms, especially while describing one’s emotional or
mental condition. Therefore, it is interesting and worthwhile to to analyse
both the language of phraseological units and emotions. In other words, this
book focuses not only on idioms, but also on one’s psychological condition.
However, its purpose is neither to discuss the issues of idioms and emotions
from the psychological point of view, nor provide a conceptual analysis of
emotional metaphors. Instead, the book analyses idioms referring to
psychological states in English from the perspective of syntax, focusing
particularly both on the syntactic structure of this specific set of verbal
psych-idioms, and on the constraints on the way they are built. Therefore, the
most current studies, performed within the scope of the Phase Theory and the
Idioms as Phases Hypothesis are chosen to address certain syntactic problems
that idioms pose.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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