Some Reflexions on the Study of Idioms and Consequences for L2 Teaching

This paper focuses on the importance of a particular manifestation of figurative language: the idiomatic phrase. Its purpose is to analyse fixed expressions, the difficulties they pose and the main preoccupations shown by theoreticians. At the same time, the study offers a comparison of idioms in L...

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Published in:	Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies
Main Author:	Marisa Díez Arroyo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Zaragoza 2000-12-01
Subjects:	idiom comprehension idiom processing idiom transparency Cognitive Semantics L2 teaching
Online Access:	https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/11000