Conceptual metaphoric meaning clues in two idiom presentation methods

Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Teaching Vocabulary and Phraseology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 101-132

  Skoufaki, Sophia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grouping; Guessing; Idioms; Metaphor; Retention of form; Retention of meaning

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EID: 58149126859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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