Leksikoloogia konspekt (uus)
The
whole idiom can be modified as a unit.
o She pulled her brother’s left leg, she pulled her brother’s leg mercilessly
Elements don’t coordinate with genuine semantic constituents
o She pulled and twisted her brother’s leg
Elements can’t take contrastive stress
o It was her brother’s leg that she pulled
Elements can’t be referred back to anaphorically
o She pulled his brother’s leg, Jon pulled it too
Elements can’t be substituted for their synonyms or near synonyms
o She pulled his lower limb about it, the man kicked the barrel
Lexemic idioms – phrasal verbs (get away with, work out etc)
Phraseological idioms – frozen forms
Sayings and proverbs
o Don’t wash your dirty linen in public, don’t count your chicken before they’re
hatched.
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