The Fuzzy Concept of Idiom and What It Might Mean for Bilingual Dictionaries
Linguistic categories were developed as tools for describing language systems and making them easier to learn. However, like many theoretical concepts and systems, they do not fully represent the real world and, in some cases, seek to imprison linguistic units within a well-ordered system – a proc...
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Language: | English |
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University of Latvia Press
2019-06-01
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Series: | Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture |
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Online Access: | https://journal.lu.lv/bjellc/article/view/290 |