Effects of situational and cultural context on understanding idiomatic expressions in Najdi dialect
This thesis examines the effect of the clarity of idioms’ motivation on the recognition and comprehension of Najdi idiomatic expressions. Besides the transparency of motivation, the main factors examined are the linguistic proficiency of those encountering idioms, the compositionality’s degree of th...
Main Author: | Almahmood, Ghassan A. |
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Other Authors: | El, Mustapha Lahlali |
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University of Leeds
2014
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.651231 |
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