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Baltramaitytė, Sigita. "Idiomų vertimas O.Vaildo "Doriano Grėjaus portretas" ir A.Merdok "Jūra, jūra..." romanuose." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2006. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060531_143627-93522.

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Magistro baigiamojo darbo objektas yra angliškų idiomų struktūra bei semantika anglų grožinėje literatūroje ir jų vertimas į lietuvių kalbą. Todėl šio darbo tikslas yra ištyrinėti, kaip angliškos idiomos O.Vaildo „Doriano Grėjaus portretas“ ir A.Merdok „Jūra, jūra...“ romanuose yra verčiamos į lietuvių kalbą ir kaip pasikeičia jų stilistika bei semantika. Pagrindiniai tyrimo metodai yra šie: gretinamasis, statistinis ir mokslinės literatūros analizės metodas. Teorinėje darbo dalyje pristatomos įvairių užsienio ir Lietuvos autorių suformuluotos junginių darybos, idiomatiškumo ir idiomos sąvokos
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Abdou, Ashraf Mohamed Ali. "Arabic Idioms." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502997.

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VanWagoner, Kaitlyn Alayne. "Idioms or Open Choice? A Corpus Based Analysis." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7291.

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The ambiguous nature of idioms has been a persistent challenge for English language learners and researches alike. Problematic issues include identifying which idioms are most pertinent for study, and the question of how frequently idiom forms found in dictionaries and other canonized resources actually function as idioms in real language use. This study differentiates between idiom forms used idiomatically (idiom-principle) versus literally (open-choice principle), and provides quantitative data to assess this difference. The data was obtained through a corpus analysis of 1,000 randomly-selec
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Botelho, da Silva Teresa. "Aspects of Portuguese idioms." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319424.

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Heikkilä, Juha Petri. "On idioms and idiomatisation." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621277.

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Nikitkova, Jelena. "Semantics of English and Lithuanian number idioms: contrastive analysis." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130802_134815-91260.

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The purpose of this paper is to explore the characteristic features and meaning of number idioms in the English and Lithuanian languages and determine similarities and differences in symbolic meaning conveyed by numbers in the two cultures. The research has been conducted adopting both quantitative and qualitative approaches, focusing on the main theoretical issues related to idioms and such universal and abstract phenomenon as "number" in the English and Lithuanian idioms, and searching for the relationships between number idioms in the two languages. In order to illustrate the main similari
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Lynn, Ethan Michael. "Getting All the Ducks in a Row: Towards a Method for the Consolidation of English Idioms." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6014.

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Idioms play an important role in language acquisition but learners do not have sufficient time to learn all of them. Therefore, learners need to focus on the most frequently occurring idioms, which can be determined by corpus searches. Building off previous corpus studies, this study generated a comprehensive list of English idioms by combining lists from several sources and developed a methodology for organizing and sorting idioms within the list. In total, over 27,000 idiom forms were amalgamated and a portion of the list was compiled, which featured 2,697 core idioms and 5,559 variant idiom
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Chan, Yen-Ling. "Idioms in the mental lexicon /." View abstract, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3269190.

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Bondarenko, D., K. Demenkova, and D. Kozachuk. "English idioms: essence and value." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/49157.

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Stočkūnaitė, Milda. "Translation of Fixed Collocations and Idioms." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130613_162826-39652.

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The object of the study is the structure and semantics of fixed collocations and idioms in the English language and their Lithuanian equivalents. The aim of the work is to research how English fixed collocations and idioms are translated into Lithuanian and what stylistic and semantic changes they undergo. The main research methods applied in the research are descriptive theoretical literary analysis, contrastive method and statistical method.In theoretical part the concepts of fixed collocation and idiom are discussed. Further consideration is focused on the classification of previously menti
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Zemtsova, Valeriia. "Semantics of animal idioms in English." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2019. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/13192.

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Vanderniet, Kyle Hugh. "Idioms as a Measure of Proficiency." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5817.

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This purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship between idiomatic knowledge and second language proficiency. As the amount of research directly related to this topic is sparse, an in-depth discussion of relevant research and definitions comprises the first part of this paper. Two studies are then presented here that test the relationship between idiomatic knowledge and second language proficiency. A new definition for idioms proposes that all non-compositional phrases, popularized by usage, that is stored, retrieved, and employed as a single lexical unit. The results from more than
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Ifill, Tim. "Seeking the nature of idioms a study in idiomatic structure /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2003. http://thesis.haverford.edu/45/01/2003IfillT.pdf.

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Hoye, Nathaniel. "Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in Ki Idioms." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157620/.

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine idiomatic structures with ki in the ki-wo [transitive verb] and ki-ga [intransitive verb] constructions. It is argued that for Japanese language learners, it is crucial to be able to understand and produce ki idioms, because they are frequently used in everyday speech. There are often misconceptions regarding ki in the West for those who are fans of Japanese culture due to the influence of martial arts and anime, which paint ki as a spiritual energy that can be controlled and developed. However, upon examining the above mentioned idiomatic structures
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Holeman, Ryan N. "Identifying Programming Idioms in C++ Generic Libraries." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1259116053.

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Sprenger, Simone Annegret. "Fixed expressions and the productions of idioms /." Nijmegen (Pays-Bas) : [s.n.], 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40034548f.

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Büttner, Emelie. "Spilling the beans on Shakespeare : A study on how idioms are used in Othello." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-70396.

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate how idioms help the building of opposing characters in a literary work and also what similarities and differences there are in the usage of idioms between the characters. The material, i.e. the idioms, in this study was manually collected from Othello written by William Shakespeare. The material was analyzed and categorized according to a list of idiomatic properties. The material was also analyzed according to the tone of the idioms. The results showed that there was not any prominent difference in usage of idioms between the two characters; neither
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Mothemela, Maale Florah. "Tshomiso le kgodiso ya dika tsa Sesotho sa Leboa." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1204.

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Thesis (MA. (African Languages)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013<br>This research is aimed at encouraging and empowering the Northern Sotho speaking people to make use of idioms in their everyday communication. A deep explanation of idioms was done as to how, where and when to use them. It has been discovered that idioms are not properly used at different places and levels. The researcher urges people to make use of idioms because they are rich with cultural values such as love and respect. It is very important, therefore, to understand and use idioms correctly as they have the literal as well
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Minugh, David. "Studies in Corpora and Idioms : Getting the cat out of the bag." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-18029.

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“Idiomatic” expressions, usually called “idioms”, such as a dime a dozen, a busman’s holiday, or to have bats in your belfry are a curious part of any language: they usually have a fixed lexical (why a busman?) and structural composition (only dime and dozen in direct conjunction mean ‘common, ordinary’), can be semantically obscure (why bats?), yet are widely recognized in the speech community, in spite of being so rare that only large corpora can provide us with access to sufficient empirical data on their use. In this compilation thesis, four published studies focusing on idioms in corpora
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Casper, S. T. "The idioms of practice : British neurology, 1880-1960." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444565/.

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This dissertation analyses the emergence of clinical neurology in Britain between 1880 and 1960. Though it is mainly grounded in archival sources, it also relies upon a prosopography of nineteenth and twentieth century neurologists, a survey of the neurological literature between 1880 and 1960, as well as other primary sources, including: textbooks, newspaper editorials, and articles in the medical press. British neurology emerged in a medical culture philosophically generalist in its values for medical practice and opposed to medical specialisation on these grounds. Rather than contravening t
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Tronenko, Natalia G. "Regularities in the behaviour of Russian phrasal idioms." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365652.

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Martins, Vicente de Paula da Silva. "Comprehension strategies idioms by not native brazilian portuguese." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=11201.

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FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do CearÃ<br>Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo geral investigar tÃticas e estratÃgias de compreensÃo de expressÃes idiomÃticas utilizadas por 20 estudantes universitÃrios africanos lusÃfonos, oriundos de Cabo Verde e GuinÃ-Bissau, falantes nÃo nativos do PortuguÃs Brasileiro (PB). Para a construÃÃo das hipÃteses da pesquisa, recorreu-se a teorias PsicolinguÃsticas do processamento fraseolÃgico, nomeadamente Bobrow e Bell (1973), Irujo(1986), Cacciari e Tabossi (1993), Flores dâArcais (1993), Cooper (1999), Crespo e Caceres (2006) e Detry (2010) e, no campo
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ANDRADE, Rodrigo Cardoso Amaral de. "Idioms to Implement Flexible Binding Times for Features." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2012. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/10980.

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Stone, Megan Schildmier. "Can Idioms Be Passivized?: Evidence from Online Processing." University of Arizona Linguistics Circle, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/271019.

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This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to access native speakers’ underlying grammatical knowledge concerning the passivizability of English Verb-Object (VO) idioms. Although it has long been noted that some VO idioms retain their idiomatic meaning in the passive while others do not (Katz & Postal 1964, et seq.), the source of this variation is unclear, and native speaker intuitions on a large number of idioms are not as clear cut as previous accounts might suggest. Taking as a starting point Folli and Harley’s (2007) hypothesis that there is a structural distinction betwe
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Book, Björn. "Cognitively Motivated Meanings for Idioms : The Metaphorical and Metonymical Structures of two Semantically Equivalent but Structurally Different Idioms in English and Swedish." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-121958.

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This paper analyses the similarities and differences of the cognitive structures of the English-Swedish idiom pair to step into someone’s shoes and att axla någons mantel (to shoulder someone’s mantle [lit.]) in order to investigate possible conceptual or embodied motivations for their meanings. Using dictionaries and corpora to support all findings, the conceptual nature and intended meaning of each idiom were closely analysed and compared. The investigation shows metaphorical, metonymical and embodied structures which might possibly explain why these two idioms mean the same thing as a whole
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Afram, Eliane. "Idioms in English as a Second Language : Contextualization of L2 idioms (written context versus still pictures) and its effect on students' retention." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-30338.

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The main aim of the present study is to investigate whether there is a difference in retentionbetween two groups of Swedish second language learners of English when they are faced withidioms in a written context or in the form of still pictures. The subjects of the investigation aretwo different groups at a high school in Sweden. Both Group 1 and 2 consist of 24 subjectseach. For this study, 15 idioms were randomly selected. To Group 1, the idioms werepresented in a written context and to Group 2 the idioms were presented in the form of stillpictures. The subjects were given a pre-test and two
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Abdullah, Khaled. "The analysis and classification of English idioms : with special reference to the comprehension of English idioms by advanced Syrian learners of English." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263386.

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The study deals with English idioms from a pedagogical point of view. It draws attention to the fact that the use of idioms in a language is such a widespread phenomenon that we cannot continue to ignore them especially in disciplines such as language teaching and language learning. The study attempts to analyse the phenomenon of idioms diachronically and synchronically; to explain the process of idiom comprehension by foreign learners. The subjects of the study were Syrian undergraduates of English, who were largely unaware of the use of idioms among native speakers of English, since the fore
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Adhikari, Sameer. "Programming Idioms and Runtime Mechanisms for Distributed Pervasive Computing." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4820.

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The emergence of pervasive computing power and networking infrastructure is enabling new applications. Still, many milestones need to be reached before pervasive computing becomes an integral part of our lives. An important missing piece is the middleware that allows developers to easily create interesting pervasive computing applications. This dissertation explores the middleware needs of distributed pervasive applications. The main contributions of this thesis are the design, implementation, and evaluation of tw
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Asschier, Emil. "Comprehension of L2 idioms – audio-visual versus written context." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-25722.

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The main objective of the present study is to investigate whether there is a difference in comprehension between two groups of Swedish L2 learners of English when they are faced with idioms in either a written context or in an audio-visual context. The investigation was performed at a Swedish upper secondary school. The subjects of the investigation are two different groups, where group 1 consists of 21 subjects and group 2 of 26 subjects. To one group, the idioms were presented in a written context, which is a transcribed version of the audio-visual context to which the second group was subje
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Canales, Martínez Francia, Mella Natalia Flores, Jara Macarena Garrido, et al. "Cognitive mechanisms in the interpretation and meaning of idioms." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2014. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/130087.

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Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en Lengua y Literatura Inglesa<br>The focus of the following thesis is the cognitive mechanisms relevant to the interpretation of English idiomatic expressions by native speakers of Spanish. It does so through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the responses given by 70 participants of 24 idioms, presented to them with and without context. The idiomatic expressions are classified according to their degree of transparency, their nuclei of information, as well as according to their degree of compositionality: isomorphic, globall
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McKenna, Jennifer. "Idioms with a viable literal interpretation in German advertisements." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/14537.

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An idiom is a set phrase which is relatively syntactically and semantically fixed, and which produces striking stylistic and rhetorical effects. Advertising is a discourse type which is particularly rich in idioms: around half of all the German advertisements examined from Stern magazine and the RTL television channel contain at least one idiom. The idioms tend to occur in prominent, emphatic textual positions, and approximately half of the idioms which appear are modified in some way. The modifications typically produce deliberately creative effects, suggesting that idioms are not as invariab
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Писаренко, Н. М. "Cultural peculiarities of English, German and Ukrainian animal idioms." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2018. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10566.

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Banjar, Halah. "INTERLANGUAGE IDIOMATICS:THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH IDIOMS BY SAUDI LEARNERS." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1362.

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Mastery of idioms in a second language is an important part of learners' lexical and cultural competence. This study provided insights into the processes that partake in interlanguage idiomatics. It also looked at the role of participants' first language in the comprehension and production of idioms in their second language. Participants were 31 Saudi graduate students' who were learners of English. They were tested in receptive and productive knowledge of 15 English idioms of three types of idiomatic expressions: a) English idioms which have their exact equivalents in Arabic; b) English idiom
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Xerri, Sabrina. "A piece of cake? High school students' retention of idioms : A comparative study of teaching idioms by means of illustrations and definitions respectively." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-157118.

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This study aims at investigating teaching of idioms by means of illustrations and teaching of idioms by means of definitions. The informants of the experiment are learners of English in a Swedish high school. The 58 informants of this experiment were tested on a total of 19 idioms. These idioms were carefully chosen in order to make sure that they would not already be known by the informants. Another key factor while choosing the idioms was the possibility to find appropriate illustrations for these idioms. The chosen illustrations depict either the literal or the metaphorical meaning of the i
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何鳳雯 and Fung-man Ho. "Historical, mythological and literary allusions in LiBai's Gufeng and Yuefu poems." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40676511.

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Швачко, Світлана Олексіївна, Светлана Алексеевна Швачко, Svitlana Oleksiivna Shvachko та О. Бугрик. "Типологічні аспекти текстотворення". Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16650.

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Вирішальною є інтенція мовця. Оскільки мовленнєвий акт передбачає наявність як мінімум двох учасників комунікації, то безсумнівним є той факт, що прагматичне значення конкретного висловлювання зумовлюється не лише інтенцією мовця, але й сприйняттям та розумінням слухачем змісту інформації. Аналіз умов комунікації, осмислення змісту ситуації, її адекватне омовлення препарують інтенції мовця. При цитуванні документа, використовуйте посилання http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16650
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Приходько, Наталія Анатоліївна, Наталия Анатольевна Приходько, Nataliia Anatoliivna Prykhodko та А. Аксюта. "Еквівалентність семантичного наповнення ідіом". Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16558.

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Серженко, Г. В. "Фразеологічні одиниці німецької мови як відображення національних стереотипів". Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/30483.

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В час масштабної глобалізації, вивчення національної специфіки того чи іншого народу набуває все більшого значення. Фразеологізми відображають позамовну дійсність, називають предмети та явища навколишнього середовища, фіксують зміст, який стосується умов життя народу – носія тої чи іншої мови, вони є дзеркалом національної культури. При цитуванні документа, використовуйте посилання http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/30483
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Frank, Nathan. "James Macmillan’s St John Passion: the Role of Celtic Folk Idioms and the Reproaches." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500049/.

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In 1829, Passion settings entered the secular concert hall with Felix Mendelssohn’s revival of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Berlin. The genre has fallen in and out of favor with composers because of the subject matter and Bach’s prominence in the setting. James MacMillan’s St. John Passion has established itself as one of the preeminent modern passion settings by manipulating past idioms such as chant, chorales, and other popular passion conventions in concert with his use of Celtic folk idioms. He creates a passion experience that strives for a spiritually Catholic influence. This approach h
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Alkhozaimi, Luord Abdulsalam. "The syntax of Syriac Proverbs." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1673.

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LUORD A. SAMAAN ALKHOZAIMI, for the Master of Arts degree in APPLIED LINGUISTICS, presented on 04/06/15, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: THE SYNTAX OF SYRIAC PROVERBS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Jeffrey Punske Proverbs are an important part of a language. To my knowledge, there is no research that investigates the syntax of Syriac proverbs. So, this study aims to shed light on the syntax of Syriac proverbs to add further information to our understanding of Syriac. For this purpose, I ask questions like: i) Can Syriac proverbs be negated? ii) Can they b
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Torre, Enrico. "The emergent patterns of Italian idioms : a dynamic-systems approach." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2014. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/76564/.

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In traditional generative linguistic theories, idiomatic constructions are seen as a sort of “anomaly”, and dismissed as non-decomposable items of non-literal language, uninteresting and “peripheral”. Contrary to this view, in the last decades psycholinguistic and corpus-linguistic studies have shown that idioms can often undergo structural modification and display different variation patterns, according to their specific formal and semantic properties. In virtue of these findings, the present study aims to investigate the levels of stability and variation in Italian idioms from a socio-cognit
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Vanhanen, Patricia. "Learning while Gaming: Second Language Students’ Acquisition of English Idioms." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-34812.

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Idioms are found in every language, and if one wants to master a language it is important to learn and be able to use idioms while communicating. The English language is no exception. As well as in other languages, idioms are used extensively in the English language. There is also a difference between a literal and an idiomatic meaning of a sentence. If one wants to understand different shades of meaning it is important to know the meaning of idiomatic expressions. For example, “break a leg” is an idiom used commonly when speaking. The literal meaning of the sentence would an instruction by th
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Mawlood, Aween Muhammad Ameen. "Animal idioms in English and Kurdish : with some pedagogical implications." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/42285.

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The primary and foremost objective of this particular study is to know the perspective of the comprehension and teaching of English idioms to Kurdish Learners. The study focuses on two major parts that make idioms difficult to Kurdish learners. Kurdish students encountered many difficulties while learning idioms and the teachers’ lacks of interest in this field have made it more difficult for the students to attain expertise in English idioms. One of the primary and significant problems that the students encountered comprehends the literal meaning. Therefore, teachers teaching English idioms a
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Mudau, Thivhulawi Sarah. "Tsenguluso ya kushumisele kwa mirero na maidioma kha vhafumakadzi kha manwala a Netshivhuyu na Sigogo." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2451.

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(M. A. (African Languages)) --University of Limpopo, 2015<br>Ngudo ino yo sumbedza uri ho shumiswa mirero na maidioma manzhi kha u bvukulula vhuvha na nzulele ya vhafumakadzi kha maṅwalwa a Ṋetshivhuyu, M.J. na Sigogo, N.E. Ngudo yo tumbula uri kanzhi mirero na maidioma zwi shumiswa kha u tsikeledza vhafumakadzi fhethu hunzhi: mishumoni, mbinganoni, lufunoni na kha mavhusele. Tsikeledzo iyi i vha ya muhumbulo khathihi na ya ṋamani. Naho zwo ralo, ngudo yo wana uri hu na huṅwe hu si gathi hune mirero na maidioma zwa ṱuṱuwedza vhutshilo havhuḓi kha vhafumakadzi. Magumoni azwo, ngudo i themendela
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Danielsson, Eva. "Der Bedeutung auf den Fersen : Studien zum muttersprachlichen Erwerb und zur Komplexität ausgewählter Phraseologismen im Deutschen." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Modern Languages, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7425.

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<p>This thesis deals with idioms taken from contemporary newspapers. The purpose is to find out which idioms are known and used by native speakers of different ages and also to what extent the entries in the dictionaries offer accurate descriptions to the meaning of these idioms. We already know that idioms which have been modified, as often is the case in newspapers, are often more difficult to understand than others.</p><p>The study has been conducted by means of questionnaires answered by native speakers in Germany. In order to assess the ability that German native speakers have to understa
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He, Yi Lin Pippa. "A study of translations of Chengyu and four-character phrases in The Notes of a Desolate Man." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953643.

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Bradley, Arthur Humphrey. "Reading Shelley negatively : mysticism and deconstruction." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263790.

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Katyal, Akhil. "Playing a double game : idioms of same sex desire in India." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2011. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/13103/.

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Long, Xingyu. "Understanding Common Scratch Programming Idioms and Their Impact on Project Remixing." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103475.

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As Scratch has become one of the most popular educational programming languages, understanding its common programming idioms can benefit both computing educators and learners. This understanding can fine-tune the curricular development to help learners master the fundamentals of writing idiomatic code in their programming pursuits. Unfortunately, the research community's understanding of what constitutes idiomatic Scratch code has been limited. To help bridge this knowledge gap, we systematically identified idioms as based on canonical source code, presented in widely available educational mat
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Abu, Ain Sana Ahmad Abdul-Aziz. "Equivalence in translating metaphors and idioms in King Hussein's political speeches." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9158/.

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This study deals with equivalence in the translation from Arabic to English of metaphors and idioms in the political speeches of King Hussein of Jordan. It argues that intertextuality and ideology are of paramount significance when translating culture-bound metaphorical expressions in Arabic political speeches and that dealing with these phenomena is unavoidable if translators wish to render the intended cultural meaning of the Arabic metaphor. This study draws on a data sample selected from thirty speeches originally delivered in Arabic by King Hussein and their English translations. Using Ne
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