Developing syntactic sensitivity in reading through phrase-cued texts
- Phrase of the Month. // North & South;Mar2012, Issue 312, p138
The article presents the phrase of the month February, 2012.
- IN OTHER WORDS: IDIOMS. // World Almanac for Kids;2003, p102
Idioms are phrases that mean more than their words put together. If you take them word for word, they might not make much sense. Idioms are a little like puzzles: try imagining a picture or a situation that the phrase suggests, and guess at the meaning from there. Provides the meaning and...
- FraseologÃas en el discurso polÃtico de columnistas de opiniÃ³n venezolanos. Arellano, Frank; Vielma, Natalie; Carrero, Alexyca // Revista Lengua y Habla;ene-dic2013, Vol. 17, p211
This work focuses on a quantitative analysis of Phraseological Units (UF, in Spanish) found in a newspaper-based corpus built by the authors. Based on the article "LÃ©xico fraseolÃ³gico en el habla de MÃ©rida" (2009), a UF is defined as a complex lexical combination that, due to its...
- WORD SCALES FOR DEGREES OF OPINION. Dodd, Stuart Carter; Gerbrick, Thomas R. // Language & Speech;Jan-Mar60, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p18
Describes experiments relating to the choice of words and phrases for use in questionnaires and public opinion polls. Expressions of degree or intensity of belief or opinion, and of temporal frequency; Presentation of set of phrases to groups of subjects in random order, in serial order, and in...
- IN OTHER WORDS: IDIOMS. // World Almanac for Kids;2002, p106
Idioms are like puzzles. Looking at the meaning of each word will not help you understand it. You have to look at the words together. Here are some common idioms, including all thumbs, in the groove, blow hot and cold, and out of left field.
- Why You Can't Kick the Bucket as You Slowly Die: Verbs in Idiom Comprehension. Hamblin, Jennifer L.; Gibbs, Jr., Raymond W. // Journal of Psycholinguistic Research;Jan1999, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p25
Idiomatic phrases differ in their degree of analyzability. Some idioms are highly decomposable with their parts independently contributing to their overall figurative meaning (e.g., pop the question) while other idioms are nondecomposable with parts that do not contribute to their idiomatic...
- VARIACIÃ“N Y SINONIMIA EN LAS LOCUCIONES. Rodríguez-Piñero Alcalá, Ana Isabel // Revista de LingÃ¼Ãstica y Lenguas Aplicadas (RLLA);2012, Vol. 7, p225
Researchers have traditionally established a link between synonymy and variation. This connection has been used to analyse phraseological units and their relationships within the language. Numerous extensive studies have been carried out on variation in phraseological units and their...
- Wer Hat Nun Den Salat? â€“ Now Who's Got the Mess? Reflections on Phraseological Derivation: From Sentential to Verb Phrase Idiom. Kwaśniak, Renata // International Journal of Lexicography;Dec2006, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p459
The paper investigates a case of phraseological derivation for the sentential idiom Da haben wir den Salat (â€˜there we have the messâ€™). Corpus data show the development over time of a new verb phrase idiom jmd. hat den Salat (â€˜s.b. has the messâ€™).
- The filling in the sandwich: internal modification of idioms. Minugh, David C. // Language & Computers;2007, Vol. 62 Issue 1, p205
Idiomatic expressions â€” defined as (relatively) fixed and semantically opaque units such as a one-horse town or buy the farm 'die' â€” are basically self-contained, but can be 'anchored' in the discourse at hand via e.g. post-modification: A great many people thought that the...