| Synopsis of the Tables |
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| Abbreviations and Frequently Quoted Titles |
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| Acknowledgments |
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Phraseology and phraseological units |
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4 | (18) |
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Features of phraseological units and their place within linguistics |
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6 | (9) |
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Rosemarie Glaser's classification of phraseological units in her Phraseologie der englischen Sprache (1986) as the basic framework of reference for this study |
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15 | (7) |
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On phraseology in English lexicography |
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22 | (12) |
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The Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English |
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22 | (2) |
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Phraseological units in general learner's dictionaries of English |
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24 | (3) |
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`Phrases' in the Oxford English Dictionary |
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27 | (7) |
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34 | (5) |
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Aims, scope, and methods of this study in the contexts of linguistic historiography and historical phraseology |
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39 | (10) |
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Wisdom, amplificatio, and linguistic heritage: the proverb as topos and collections of proverbs |
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49 | (42) |
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On the definition and the basic function of proverbs as effective vehicles for the transmission of wisdom and morality |
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49 | (8) |
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The phraseologization (proverbialization) of `good sentences' and the sententia in theories of rhetorical invention of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries |
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57 | (11) |
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The proverb as cultural and linguistic heritage |
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68 | (15) |
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Latin and English proverbs contrasted |
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70 | (3) |
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The role of proverbs in learning a vernacular language |
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73 | (10) |
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The proverb as an object of linguistic inquiry in John Ray's Collection of English Proverbs (1670) |
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83 | (8) |
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Phraseological units and the art of style (elocutio) |
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91 | (62) |
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The `non-straightforward': phraseological units as examples for the figures and tropes |
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97 | (33) |
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Proverbs, sayings, proverbial speeches |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (11) |
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Transition and devaluation |
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111 | (3) |
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Continuing practice in the eighteenth century |
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114 | (7) |
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Stereotyped comparisons, figurative idioms, potential restricted collocations |
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121 | (9) |
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The `non-creative': register, ratio, and rhetorical effect |
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130 | (12) |
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Excursus: A systematic approach to phraseological units within the framework of elocutio and language comparison -- Giulio Camillo Delminio's La topica, o vero della elocuzione (c.1540) |
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142 | (11) |
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English `phrases' and `idioms' in foreign-language teaching |
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153 | (66) |
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Instruction in the Latin language |
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154 | (29) |
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Latin and English `phrases' and formulae |
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155 | (5) |
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Teaching Latin and English `idioms' |
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160 | (1) |
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Language-specific units in John Brinsley's and Joseph Webbe's teaching methods |
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160 | (3) |
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English-Latin collections of `particles' and `idioms', with special regard to William Walker |
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163 | (20) |
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`Phrases' and `idioms' in bilingual teaching manuals of modern foreign languages for speakers of English or for the instruction in English |
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183 | (36) |
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Learning a foreign language through vocabularies and dialogues |
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187 | (5) |
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Lists of `idioms' and `phrases' in the larger pedagogical grammars |
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192 | (2) |
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`Familiar phrases' and the arrangement according to topics |
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194 | (2) |
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The `idiom'-sections and The High Dutch Minerva (1680) |
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196 | (11) |
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Separate phraseological collections in the second half of the eighteenth century and Lewis Chambaud's The Idioms of the French and English Languages (1751) |
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207 | (12) |
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Headphrases in general bilingual and multilingual lexicography |
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219 | (110) |
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Aspects of phraseology in English-Latin(-French) dictionaries |
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222 | (59) |
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The heritage of the textual glosses: medieval word lists and vocabularies as the foundation of the earliest English-Latin dictionaries |
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222 | (4) |
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Phrasal `translation equivalents': the Promptorium parvulorum, sive clericorum (c.1440) |
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226 | (29) |
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From `translation equivalents' to `words in context': English-Latin(-French) lexicography of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries (Huloet 1552, Huloet / Higgins 1572, Baret 1573, Minsheu 1617, Rider's dictionary and his followers) |
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255 | (16) |
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From `words in context' to `idiotisms': English-Latin lexicography in the second half of the seventeenth century (Wase 1661-1662, Gouldman 1664, Coles 1677, Littleton 1678) |
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271 | (10) |
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Aspects of phraseology in English-French, English-Dutch, and English-German dictionaries |
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281 | (48) |
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`Phrases' and `phrases in context': John Palsgrave's Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse (1530) |
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281 | (10) |
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Continuing `words in context': Henry Hexham's dictionary of English and Dutch (1647) |
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291 | (3) |
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`Acceptations', `phrases', `idioms', and `proverbs': From Randle Cotgrave to categories for phrasal expressions in Guy Miege's bidirectional English and French dictionary of 1687-1688 |
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294 | (14) |
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Continuing `idiotisms': William Sewel's dictionary of English and Dutch (1691) |
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308 | (2) |
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``Phrases [...] which Use, the sovereign Umpire of Language has [...] consecrated'': Usage and semantics in Abel Boyer (1699) and his followers (Ludwig 1706, Chambaud / Robinet 1776) |
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310 | (19) |
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Phraseological units in translation, in philosophical and universal language schemes -- and a note on shorthand |
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329 | (40) |
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``Worde for woorde'' and ``prouerbe for prouerbe''? Notes on phraseological units in translation practice and theory |
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329 | (15) |
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Translation and translation theory: basic assumptions and expectations |
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329 | (4) |
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Phraseological units as semantic pitfalls for translators |
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333 | (2) |
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Translating phraseological units: paraphrase, transformation, equivalence, congruence |
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335 | (6) |
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Synthesis and further remarks |
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341 | (3) |
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``[...] to deliver Truth in plain and downright terms'': Unwanted lexis and syntax in George Dalgarno's and John Wilkins' plans for a philosophical language |
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344 | (11) |
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A note on `idioms' in early systems of English shorthand |
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355 | (6) |
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Overcoming the compositional view of idiomatic phraseological units: Joseph Priestley's Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language, and Universal Grammar (1762) |
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361 | (8) |
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John Wilkins' and William Lloyd's Alphabetical Dictionary (1668): phraseological units in an early masterpiece of monolingual lexicography -- in the context of bilingual lexicography and a philosophical language project |
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369 | (46) |
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Status and authorship: or, is the Alphabetical Dictionary really a dictionary? |
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369 | (5) |
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A reconsideration of the sources |
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374 | (8) |
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The structure of the entries |
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382 | (11) |
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The form and phraseological nature of the headphrases |
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393 | (5) |
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Syntagmatic and paradigmatic definitions, semantic compositionality, and idiomaticity |
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398 | (8) |
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The influence of the Alphabetical Dictionary on seventeenth-century lexicography |
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406 | (9) |
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Phraseological units in general monolingual lexicography |
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415 | (36) |
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The hard-word dictionaries |
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417 | (2) |
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Common English words in monolingual dictionaries before Johnson |
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419 | (10) |
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Lexicographical reflections before the middle of the eighteenth century and in Samuel Johnson's dictionary project |
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429 | (4) |
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Lexicographical practice in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755) |
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433 | (14) |
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From Samuel Johnson to the end of the eighteenth century |
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447 | (4) |
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A matter of correction? -- Phraseological units in monolingual English grammars |
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451 | (72) |
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The terms `idiom' and `phrase' |
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454 | (4) |
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Phraseological members of `undeclined' word classes |
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458 | (8) |
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Adverbial phraseological units |
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458 | (2) |
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Conjunctional phraseological units |
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460 | (3) |
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Prepositional phraseological units |
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463 | (1) |
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Phraseological units as interjections |
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464 | (2) |
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Observing fixedness and idiomaticity |
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466 | (13) |
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Word-formation and phrasal verbs |
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468 | (5) |
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Adverbial phraseological units involving prepositions |
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473 | (6) |
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Criticism of phraseological units by eighteenth-century grammarians: an analysis on the basis of Bertil Sundby et al.'s Dictionary of English Normative Grammar 1700-1800 |
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479 | (39) |
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Which classification? -- On types and frequencies |
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480 | (13) |
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The nature of the criticism |
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493 | (1) |
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The reasons for the criticism: labels |
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493 | (4) |
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From the source form to the target form: structural changes |
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497 | (3) |
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Highlighting questions of tautology and order: the case of binomials |
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500 | (9) |
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The issue of semantic peculiarity: idiomatic phraseological units and restricted collocations |
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509 | (6) |
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515 | (3) |
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A matter for correction? -- Resume of the grammarians' treatment of phraseological units |
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518 | (5) |
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Grammar, propriety, and style: first attempts at phraseological grouping in the second half of the eighteenth century |
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523 | (52) |
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Lists of `improper' expressions in the grammars |
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523 | (27) |
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Scotticisms: lexis and composition |
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527 | (7) |
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Grammar and style in English and American grammarians, and Robert Baker's Reflections [Remarks] on the English Language (1770, 1779) |
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534 | (9) |
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Phraseological groupings in the context of grammatical correctness, purity, and elegance of expression in Philip Withers' Aristarchus (1790?) |
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543 | (7) |
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Consuetudo and correctness: George Campbell's classification of English phraseological units within his `Canons of Verbal Criticism' (1776) |
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550 | (25) |
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Attaining rhetorical perspicuity and vivacity through grammatical purity: on the general plan of the Philosophy of Rhetoric |
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551 | (2) |
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Campbell's notion of `good use' and the `Canons of Verbal Criticism' |
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553 | (3) |
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Canons Eight and Nine: a system of phraseological units based on lexical, grammatical, and semantic features |
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556 | (12) |
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In the aftermath of the verbal critic's paradox: progress in linguistic thought through the `degradation' of language forms |
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568 | (7) |
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575 | (24) |
| References |
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599 | (1) |
| Primary sources (pre-twentieth century) |
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599 | (26) |
| Secondary sources |
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625 | (32) |
| Index of Names and Titles of Anonymous Works |
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