<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Phraseology is a domain of linguistic study which, to a certain extent, demonstrates the correlation between language and culture. At the same time, it is a source of information concerning the speakers’ world view. However, different phraseological units are used in different languages. Hence, when it comes to their understanding, it becomes particularly difficult to comprehend their meaning without the reference to their lexicographic description. The aim of this paper is to outline the treatment of selected idioms in several dictionaries in order to:(i) identify how idioms are lexicographically presented,(ii) find equivalence of some expressions of that kind in English/Polish,(iii) investigate how the recorded parallels correspond with the functional view of idioms proposed by Dobrovol’skij (2000).</abstract>

Phraseology is a domain of linguistic study which, to a certain extent, demonstrates the correlation between language and culture. At the same time, it is a source of information concerning the speakers’ world view. However, different phraseological units are used in different languages. Hence, when it comes to their understanding, it becomes particularly difficult to comprehend their meaning without the reference to their lexicographic description. The aim of this paper is to outline the treatment of selected idioms in several dictionaries in order to:(i) identify how idioms are lexicographically presented,(ii) find equivalence of some expressions of that kind in English/Polish,(iii) investigate how the recorded parallels correspond with the functional view of idioms proposed by Dobrovol’skij (2000).

Some remarks on lexicographic treatment of idioms

Department of English Studies, Faculty of Philology and Pedagogy University of Technology and Humanities Chrobrego 31, 26600 Radom, Poland

Journal of Language and Cultural Education

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Phraseology is a domain of linguistic study which, to a certain extent, demonstrates the correlation between language and culture. At the same time, it is a...

Some remarks on lexicographic treatment of idioms

Published Online: Oct 15, 2015

Page range: 61 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2015-0020

Keywords
phraseology, idiom, monolingual/bilingual lexicography, functional equivalence

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Some remarks on lexicographic treatment of idioms

Published Online: Oct 15, 2015

Page range: 61 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2015-0020

Keywordsphraseology, idiom, monolingual/bilingual lexicography, functional equivalence

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
phraseology, idiom, monolingual/bilingual lexicography, functional equivalence