Idiomaticity in the basic writing of American English
Subtitle: formulas and idioms in the writing of multilingual and Creole-speaking community college students in Hawaii
By: Marion Okawa Sonomura.
Series: Studies in ethnolinguistics ;; v. 2
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Hawaii.; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.; English language -- Study and teaching -- Creole speakers.; Community college students -- Hawaii -- Language.; Basic writing (Remedial education) -- Hawaii.; English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.; Creole dialects, English -- Hawaii.; English language -- Hawaii -- Idioms.; Americanisms -- Hawaii.; Figures of speech.; Hawaii -- Languages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-150) and index.