This game-changing, reader-friendly book provides a more precise definition of idioms, along with new classifications of them. It eliminates fixed phrases such as phrasal verbs, collocations, slang, and proverbs from the class of idioms, while including two major new categories: similidioms and irony-based idiom sentences (IBISes). As a matter of fact, similidioms (basically, idioms in the form of a simile) have been there probably since the beginning of our history as being capable of speaking, but they have not been revealed, until now. Starting from the observation that the production of idioms in any language is influenced by the technological advance of society, the book takes two of the most productive lexico-semantic categories of idioms in both English and Romanian-crazy and stupid idioms-and provides, for the first time, their classification according to their topic and pattern, in an intriguing contrastive approach.Well-documented and not lacking a subtle sense of humour, the book not only opens new perspectives for researchers in the field, but will also captivate the general reader interested in finding out more about the expressions they use every day.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"One of the most important novelties brought up by Idioms through Time and Technology: The Signature of a Culture can be found in the very first chapter of the book, "A New View on Idioms", which casts light on a rather controversial question, namely: Are phrasal verbs and proverbs idioms, or not? The conclusion reached by the author is supported by convincing logical arguments and in-depth philological research. The entire book is well structured, and the personal style of the author, which combines humor, originality and scientific prudence, makes the book easy to read and understand."Mariana NeaguProfessor of English, University Dunarea de Jos of Galati, Romania
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Sprache
Verlagsort
Newcastle upon Tyne
Großbritannien
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Editions-Typ
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 212 mm
Breite: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5275-7639-1 (9781527576391)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Iulian Mardar is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Letters of "Dunarea de Jos" University, Romania. He has been studying English and Romanian idioms for over a decade, and is the author of various articles, including "On the Positive/ Negative/ Neutral Meaning of Some Animal Idioms in English and Romanian", "Freedom of Idioms in Translated Texts - Pros and Cons", and "Teaching Idioms - How, Why and to Whom?"
