ARM AND LEG IDIOMS IN THE BNC AND COCA CORPORA: VIEWS ON THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN SOCIETY
Phraseological units, primarily idioms are those types of linguistic units which reveal to a great extent how certain linguistic community copes with its surroundings. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate how idioms in English language are actually differently used across different genres in Briti...
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Language: | English |
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Association for the Development of Science, Engineering and Education
2014-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education |
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Online Access: | https://ijcrsee.com/index.php/ijcrsee/article/view/108 |