| Idiomaticity in the Basic Writing of American English: Formulas and Idioms in the Writing of Multilingual and Creole-Speaking Community College Studen Contributor(s): Gilbert, Glenn (Editor), Sonomura, Marion Okawa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820425532 ISBN-13: 9780820425535 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Education | Special Education - General - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 94019481 |
| Series: San Francisco State University Series in Philosophy, |
| Physical Information: 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Going beyond mere grammaticality, the author examines the basic writing skills of a group of community college students in Hawaii for errors in idiomaticity, or native-like appropriateness of expression. (-The Way of My Life-, for example, though grammatical, is unidiomatic compared to -My Way of Life-). Criteria are suggested for the classification of "phrasematic" expressions, and a convenient terminology comprising idioms, collocations, and formulas is developed. Increased attention to idiomaticity is required, not only in language description, but also in the academic writing of second language and creole speakers." |
