num_pages: 265
description: This book provides a comprehensive treatment of idioms and idiomaticity from a functional perspective. It examines the use of idioms in discourse to combine the novel and the conventional, to convey representations of the world, evaluate people and situations, signal conviviality or conflict, and create coherent, cohesive texts. The book goes on to consider implications for language learning and development.
language: English
title: Idioms and Idiomaticity
titlecomplete: Idioms and Idiomaticity
ratings_count: 41
series: Describing English Language
publisher: Oxford University Press España, S.A.