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Lexicon of Common Figurative Units
The book continues the work of Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond (2012) and also brings new insights into the similarities of the European languages. Using comprehensive data …
Endangered Metaphors
When the last speaker of a language dies, s/he takes to oblivion the memories, associations and the rich imagery this language community has once lived by. The cultural heritage …
Phraseologie global - areal - regional
Der vorliegende Sammelband vereint Beiträge, die als Plenarvorträge oder Sektionsreferate auf der internationalen Konferenz "EUROPHRAS 2008" in Helsinki gehalten wurden. Der …
Figurative Language
The book develops a Theory of the Figurative Lexicon. Units of the figurative lexicon (conventional figurative units, CFUs for short) differ from all other elements of the language …
Lexicon of Common Figurative Units
The book continues the work of Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond (2012) and also brings new insights into the similarities of the European languages. Using comprehensive data …
Formulaic Language and New Data
The existence of formulaic patterns has been attested to all languages of the world. However, systematic research in this field has been focused on only a few European standard …
Bis dat, qui cito dat
Bis dat, qui cito dat
Bis dat, qui cito dat - never has a proverb more aptly applied to an individual than does this Medieval Latin saying to Wolfgang Mieder. AHe gives twice who gives quicklyA captures …
Language Endangerment
Languages and language varieties around the globe have been diminishing at an astonishing rate. Despite great efforts at language documentation, scholarship on metaphors and …
Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond
This groundbreaking book in theoretical and empirical phraseology research looks at Europe’s linguistic situation as a whole, including 74 European and 17 non-European languages. …
«Bis dat, qui cito dat»
Bis dat, qui cito dat – never has a proverb more aptly applied to an individual than does this Medieval Latin saying to Wolfgang Mieder. «He gives twice who gives quickly» captures …
Lexicon of Common Figurative Units
The book continues the work of Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond (2012) and also brings new insights into the similarities of the European languages. Using comprehensive data …