idiomaticity (English, noun)
expansion: idiomaticity (countable and uncountable, plural idiomaticities)
Senses:
glosses: The quality of being idiomatic.
tags: uncountable
glosses: An instance or category of instances of that quality.
tags: countable
rare
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The state of a linguistic expression which exists when the expression exhibits semantic-pragmatic divergence, when the semantic value of the expression differs from its pragmatic value; that is to say, idiomaticity exists when the inherent meaning of the words expressed does not match the meaning of the expression as understood by the users: the sayer(s) and hearer(s).
tags: countable
rare
Forms:
form: idiomaticities
tags: plural