Stretching One’s Legs: Free Word-Groups vs Idioms

The article deals with a corpus-based case study of two somatic/gesture/movement idioms containing the constituent legs, namely Russian protânut’ nogi (to die) and English to stretch one’s legs (to walk around and loosen one’s leg muscles after sitting down or lying down for a time). Using the Russi...

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Main Author: P.S. Dronov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kazan Federal University 2016-10-01
Series:Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки
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Online Access:https://kpfu.ru/portal/docs/F693475381/158_5_gum_11.pdf