Inglise leksikoloogia kordamisküsimuste vastused
extended family over a number of generation.
Examples: pull smb leg, kick the bucket, Jump the gun - would mean to be doing something early
46. Syntactic freezes (irreversible binomials, trinomials)
Irreversible idiom – a multi-word expression whose order cannot be hanged. Also known as freezes
Binomial idiom= a two-part irreversible idiom
bits and pieces, through thick and thin, spick and span, here and there, safe and sound
Trinomial idiom = a three part irrereversible idiom
here, there, and everywhere
Semantic principles of ordering – me first principle Phonological ordering principles (myopia or the short-long
1) Proximal deictics precede distal deictics this andthat, principle) (Ross)
here and there PLACE 1 PLACE 2
2) Animates precede inanimates people and things,man- monosyllable, polysyllable,