Food and drink idioms in English : "a little bit more sugar and lots of spice" /: "a little bit more sugar and lots of spice". (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Laura Pinnavaia.
• Authors: Pinnavaia, Laura
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Chapter One; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic nature of idioms; 1.3. The ambiguity of the term 'idiom'; 1.4. Conclusion; Chapter Two; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The lexicographical sources; 2.3. The principles of selection; 2.4. The corpus linguistic analysis; 2.5. Conclusion; Chapter Three; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. The food and drink lexemes; 3.3. The food and drink idioms; 3.4. The conventional metaphoric concepts; 3.5. Conclusion; Chapter Four; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The first attestations; 4.3. The process of standardization 4.4. The phenomenon of obsolescence4.5. Conclusion; Chapter Five; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Johnson's 'Dictionary of the English Language'; 5.3. Richardson's 'A New Dictionary of the English Language'; 5.4. Twentieth- and twenty-first-century lexicography; 5.5. Conclusion; Chapter Six; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Frequency; 6.3. Variation; 6.4. Communicative potential; 6.5. Conclusion; Afterword; References
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 215 pages)
• Subjects: 428; English language -- Idioms; Food -- Terminology; Beverages -- Terminology; Figures of speech; English language -- Terms and phrases; Beverages; English language; English language -- Idioms; Figures of speech; Food; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General; Terminology; Terms and phrases; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781527524859
• Related ISBNs: 152752485X; 152750817X; 9781527508170
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215).; Note: Print version record.
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