Foundations of familiar language : formulaic expressions, lexical bundles, and collocations at work and play /

"It has been known for a long time that much of communication proceeds with routinized, prefabricated expressions. Robert Louis Stevenson (1882, p. 13) observed that the business of life is not carried on by words, but in set phrases, each with a special and almost a slang signification. This p...

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Main Author:	Sidtis, Diana (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021.
Subjects:	Idioms. Phraseology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book