Idiomaticity in the Basic Writing of American English: Formulas and Idioms in the Writing of Multilingual and Creole-Speaking Community College Studen by Gilbert, Glenn

Idiomaticity in the Basic Writing of American English: Formulas and Idioms in the Writing of Multilingual and Creole-Speaking Community College Studen (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820425535)

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Idiomaticity in the Basic Writing of American English: Formulas and Idioms in the Writing of Multilingual and Creole-Speaking Community College Studen by Gilbert, Glenn

Idiomaticity in the Basic Writing of American English: Formulas and Idioms in the Writing of Multilingual and Creole-Speaking Community College Studen

$56.95
Idiomaticity in the Basic Writing of American English: Formulas and Idioms in the Writing of Multilingual and Creole-Speaking Community College Studen by Gilbert, Glenn

Idiomaticity in the Basic Writing of American English: Formulas and Idioms in the Writing of Multilingual and Creole-Speaking Community College Studen

$56.95
Format: Hardcover
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Going beyond mere grammaticality, the author examines the basic writing skills of a group of community college students in Hawaii for errors in idiomaticity, or native-like appropriateness of expression. ( The Way of My Life , for example, though grammatical, is unidiomatic compared to My Way of Life ). Criteria are suggested for the classification of phrasematic expressions, and a convenient terminology comprising idioms, collocations, and formulas is developed. Increased attention to idiomaticity is required, not only in language description, but also in the academic writing of second language and creole speakers.

Author: Glenn Gilbert,Marion Okawa Sonomura
ISBN-10: 0820425532
ISBN-13: 9780820425535
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 05/01/1996
Pages: 158
Format: Hardcover
By Glenn Gilbert
By Glenn Gilbert
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The Author: Marion Okawa Sonomura received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawaii in May 1993. Her studies have emphasized idiomaticity and formulaic language, written language, bilingualism, and pidgins and creoles. She now teaches at the Brigham Young University - Hawaii Campus in Laie, Hawaii.

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