Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond - Toward a Lexicon of Common Figurative Units (Hardcover, New edition)

This groundbreaking book in theoretical and empirical phraseology research looks at Europe's linguistic situation as a whole, including 74 European and 17 non-European languages. The occurrence of idioms that actually share the same lexical and semantic structure across a large number of languages has never been demonstrated so clearly before Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond. This book answers significant questions regarding hitherto vague ideas about the phraseological similarities between European languages and their cultural foundation, ranging from intertextuality, aspects of European mental, material, and social culture, to culturally based perception of natural phenomena. This inventory, which analyzes 190 out of a total of 380 widespread idioms and includes maps, is valuable for academic teaching and further research in the fields of phraseology and figurative language, areal and contact linguistics, and European cultural studies.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	International Folkloristics, 5
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Elisabeth Piirainen
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	591
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-0579-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Lexicography Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
LSN:	1-4331-0579-9
Barcode:	9781433105791

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