LINGUISTIC THEORY ON CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGLISH PHRASEOLOGY AND IDIOMATICITY
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Phraseology studies collocations of words (phraseologisms, phraseological units, idioms), where the meaning of the whole collocation is different from the simple sum of literal meanings of the words, comprising a phraseological unit. For example, ‘The Dutch auction’ is not an auction taking place in the Netherlands. The meaning of this phraseological unit refers to any auction, where instead of rising, the prices fall (compare “Dutch comfort”, “Dutch courage”, “Dutch treat” reflecting complicated historical factors).
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