Idioms: Description, Comprehension, Acquisition, and Pedagogy

by Dilin Liu

Book Overview

This comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible text on idiom use, learning, and teaching approaches the topic with a balance of sound theory and extensive research in cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, and sociolinguistics combined with informed teaching practices.

Idioms is designed to serve either as a textbook for ESL/applied linguistics teacher education courses or as a reference book. No matter how the book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805863451
• ISBN13: 9780805863451
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"