Functions of idioms in English as lingua franca: An appraisal system account
Hamid Allami,
Monica Karlsson,
Hamid Reza Shahroosvand
Abstract:Idiomatic expressions are not just neutral equivalents of their literal counterparts, but exert some sort of evaluative force. This study employed the appraisal system (AS) to explore the functions of idiomatic expressions and their variations in English as a lingua franca context, and to compare different academic domains in terms of use of evaluative language in the form of idiomatic expressions. To this end, the corpus of English as a lingua franca in academic settings and the Vienna–Oxford International Co… Show more
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