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Idiom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An idiom (Latin: , “special property”, f. Greek: , “special feature, special phrasing”, f. Greek: , “one’s own”) is an expression, word, or phrase that has figurative meaning — its implication compr...
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www.idiomatic.net is an Internet website owned by the group Idiomatic Language Services S.L., which fulfils the spirit and the letter of the Spanish Personal Data Protection Act, approved by Organic Law 15/1999 of 13 December.
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This semester we have worked on understanding idiomatic language. ... Tonight's homework is to illustrate the expression "second wind." In class, papers were folded vertically in half and horizontally one inch from the top. Across the top of the paper students wrote the expression.
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The specific role of the two cerebral hemispheres in processing idiomatic language is highly debated. While some studies show the involvement of the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG), other data support the crucial role of right-hemispheric regions, and particularly of the middle/superior temporal area.
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The methods include complex word structures, lexical selection, partially similar grammar rules organized into "construction hierarchies", idiomatic construction rules - a new technique for analyzing constructions where idiomatic expressions may be separated from one another by considerable distance.
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