Bridging the Gap: Creation of a Lexicon of 150 Pairs of English and Italian Idioms Including Normed Variables for the Exploration of Idiomatic Ambiguity

This paper describes the creation of a normed lexicon of 150 pairs of English and Italian idioms annotated by translatability level (Beck, 2020). The dataset was created through the implementation of a cross-linguistic norming study conducted online via a novel combination of tools and design, which...

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Published in:	Journal of Open Humanities Data
Main Author:	Irene Pagliai
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ubiquity Press 2023-10-01
Subjects:	idiom norming study cross-linguistic idioms ambiguous contexts
Online Access:	https://account.openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/index.php/up-j-johd/article/view/123

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