The analysis of J. Strassler’s “Idioms in English: A Pragmatic Analysis”

Strassler’s idioms

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April 1, 2021

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Strassler’s aims in Idioms in English: A Pragmatic Analysis, a book deriving from a doctoral thesis, are twofold:

1 The identification of idiom functions, hence Strassler’s choice of pragmatic theories in terms of which to analyse idiom use.

2 The identification of the special features of idioms which set them apart from the rest of the vocabulary, features which also constitute their raison. Strassler’s