Search for dissertations about: "Maria Wiktorsson"

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2. 1. Learning Idiomaticity : A Corpus-Based Study of Idiomatic Expressions in Learners' Written Production

   Author : Maria Wiktorsson; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; corpus linguistics; idiom principle; open choice principle; construction grammar; compositionality; conventionalisation; idiom; formulae; collocation; prefab; Swedish learners of English; L2; Idiomaticity; L1; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how Swedish learners of English (at different levels of proficiency) master idiomaticity in their target language. I argue that idiomaticity can be related to the storage and use of multi-word expressions that are preferred by native speakers. READ MORE