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User-friendliness of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of English

By: Anna Dziemianko

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User-friendliness of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of English

By: Anna Dziemianko

The study examines the user-friendliness of sources of verb syntax in monolingual English learners' dictionaries. It is both theoretical and empirical in nature. The theoretical part is based on an analysis of consecutive editions of major pedagogical dictionaries of English in paper form. The empirical part relies on statistical analyses of numerical data yielded by comprehensive research, which was based, in the main, on the experimental method. In the experiment, the user-friendliness of sources of verb syntax in learners' dictionaries was measured by the frequency with which the properly identified and useful syntactic information was located in particular entry components. The sources of syntactic information in the entries compiled especially for the purpose of the experiment were the ones which featured in the major pedagogical dictionaries most recent at the time of the study. 606 subjects, divided into two groups of different proficiency in English, underlined in the manipulated entries the syntactic information which they considered helpful in answering multiple choice questions. The most user-friendly solutions, both coded and uncoded ones, are recommended in the final part of the book.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110941090

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A Syntactic Study of Idioms

Psychological States in English and Their Constraints

By: Anna Dąbrowska

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A Syntactic Study of Idioms

Psychological States in English and Their Constraints

By: Anna Dąbrowska

Since the general tendencies of present-day English focus more on idiomatic usage, it seems to be worth paying attention to the role phraseological units play in a language. In the field of English phraseology, linguists have shown a constant interest in idioms. Undoubtedly, not only are idioms an important part of the language and culture of the society, but they also carry more impact than non-idiomatic expressions because of their close identification with a particular language and culture. It is difficult to speak or write English without using idioms, especially while describing one’s emotional or mental condition. Therefore, it is interesting and worthwhile to to analyse both the language of phraseological units and emotions. In other words, this book focuses not only on idioms, but also on one’s psychological condition. However, its purpose is neither to discuss the issues of idioms and emotions from the psychological point of view, nor provide a conceptual analysis of emotional metaphors. Instead, the book analyses idioms referring to psychological states in English from the perspective of syntax, focusing particularly both on the syntactic structure of this specific set of verbal psych-idioms, and on the constraints on the way they are built. Therefore, the most current studies, performed within the scope of the Phase Theory and the Idioms as Phases Hypothesis are chosen to address certain syntactic problems that idioms pose.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527516784

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User-friendliness of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of English

By: Anna Dziemianko

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User-friendliness of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of English

User-friendliness of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of English

A Syntactic Study of Idioms

A Syntactic Study of Idioms

User-friendliness of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of English

User-friendliness of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of English

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