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Lexicon of Common Figurative Units - Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond. Volume II (Hardcover, New edition)
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Lexicon of Common Figurative Units - Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond. Volume II (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: International Folkloristics, 10
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The book continues the work of Widespread Idioms in Europe and
Beyond (2012) and also brings new insights into the similarities of
the European languages. Using comprehensive data from 78 European
and some non-European languages, another 280 "widespread idioms"
have been analyzed in terms of their distribution and origins. They
are arranged according to their source domains (for example,
performing arts, sports, history, war, technology, money, folk
belief, medical skills, gestures, and nature). Among them are very
modern layers of a common figurative lexicon, including quotes of
personalities of recent times. Thorough research on the sources of
these idioms goes beyond the entries in relevant reference works
and brings new and unpredictable results. All of the data in this
book adds new knowledge to the fields of language and culture. We
now know which Europe-wide common idioms actually constitute a
"Lexicon of Common Figurative Units" and which chronological and
cultural layers they may be assigned to. The question about the
causes of the wide spread of idioms across many languages now can
partly be answered.
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