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Idioms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Encyclopedia entry for ...
Philip, Gill
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Idioms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Encyclopedia article on idioms and idiomatic ...
PHILIP, GILLIAN SUSAN
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Idioms of Distress [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2017
ABSTRACTThe presentations of psychosocial distress and cultural conflicts are often bodily symptoms, especially in traditional societies and village backgrounds. These might not meet the criteria of the current psychiatric diagnostic systems. Sociocultural milieu contributes to the unique presentations of the stress in the form of idioms of distress ...
Desai, Geetha, Chaturvedi, Santosh K.
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To get hold of the wrong end of the stick : reasons for poor idiom understanding in children with reading comprehension difficulties. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Purpose: The aim was to identify the source of idiom understanding difficulties in children with specific reading comprehension failure. Method: Two groups (Ns=15) of 9- to 10-year-olds participated. One group had age-appropriate word reading and reading
Cain, Kate, Towse, Andrea S.
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Understanding of African Idioms African Idioms and Proverbs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The study entitled “Understanding African Idioms” is aiming to widen the umbrella of understanding African idioms; Idioms are encountered transparently, Simi transparent, and opaque idioms. Idioms are a “The study aimed to shed light on the importance of
Dr. Aiman Yousif Modeer Ismail
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Variability in the Syntax of Idioms

open access: yesELOPE, 2017
Given that the meaning of idioms is not predictable from the literal meaning of their parts, we can broadly define idioms as expressions with a non-compositional interpretation.
Marko Hladnik
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Idiomatic expressions used by the Acehnese novelist Arafat Nur in the novel Tanah Surga Merah

open access: yesStudies in English Language and Education, 2023
Writers as language users are fully aware that idioms are powerful tools to get messages across. This research is to examine idiomatic expressions in Arafat Nur’s novel Tanah Surga Merah (2017).
Chairina Nasir, Azzah Ufairah
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Colours in the English Idioms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The relevance of the topic “Colours in the English idioms” is beyond doubt. Idioms are an integral part of any language. They reflect everythingthe history of the country, the history of the language, various cultural phenomena and the attitude of the ...
Колос, Д. В.
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Preserving cultural heritage by teaching idioms to young learners as part of imaginative language in Setswana

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
Teachers need creative strategies and techniques when teaching idioms in Setswana. However, they do not know what idioms are nor are they aware that through idioms cultural heritage can be preserved and that idioms can be taught as part of imaginative ...
Refilwe Ramagoshi, Ina Joubert
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Modulation in the Idiom Translation from English to Indonesian in the Novel Rich People Problems

open access: yesSALEE, 2023
Modulation ​​is seen as two different points of view in a similar situation. This research describes the modulation in the translation of idioms in the novel Rich People Problems.
Lutfi Efendi, Tofan Dwi Hardjanto
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