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Recognition and processing of idiomatic expressions| old_uid | 3872 |
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| title | Recognition and processing of idiomatic expressions |
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| start_date | 2008/01/22 |
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| schedule | 15h45-17h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | Idioms are fixed expressions whose meaning is not a function of their constituents and whose syntax is defective. Given people’s propensity to “speak idiomatically unless there is a good reason not to do so” (Searle, 1975), explaining how these expressions are mentally represented, recognised in their standard form and syntactically processed is a central issue for any theory of language use. In the talk alternative models of how idioms are recognized and of how speakers deal with their syntax will be discussed and a model of their recognition and processing will be proposed. |
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| responsibles | Zondervan |
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