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Product Identifiers
PublisherLang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
ISBN-101433105799
ISBN-139781433105791
eBay Product ID (ePID)117271745
Product Key Features
Number of Pages591 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWidespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond : Toward a Lexicon of Common Figurative Units
Publication Year2012
SubjectMiscellaneous, Linguistics / Semantics, General, Rhetoric, Semiotics & Theory, Linguistics / General
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
AuthorElisabeth Piirainen
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
SeriesInternational Folkloristics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight33.5 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2012-013834
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number5
Number of Volumes0 vols.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal418
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisThis groundbreaking book in theoretical and empirical phraseology research looks at Europe's linguistic situation as a whole, including 74 European and 17 non-European languages. The occurrence of idioms that actually share the same lexical and semantic structure across a large number of languages has never been demonstrated so clearly before Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond. This book answers significant questions regarding hitherto vague ideas about the phraseological similarities between European languages and their cultural foundation, ranging from intertextuality, aspects of European mental, material, and social culture, to culturally based perception of natural phenomena. This inventory, which analyzes 190 out of a total of 380 widespread idioms and includes maps, is valuable for academic teaching and further research in the fields of phraseology and figurative language, areal and contact linguistics, and European cultural studies., This series includes theoretical studies of any genre or aspect of folklore. The emphasis will be on analytic and methodological innovations in the consideration of myth, folktale, legend, superstition, proverb, riddle, folksong, festival, game or any other form of folklore as well as any of the interpretative approaches to folklore topics.
LC Classification NumberP301.5.I34P55 2012
