What happens at the other end of the scale? How much and what kind of variability does phraseological patterning tolerate? Svetlana Vetchinnikova explores meaning-shift units (MSUs) in second language ...

The old expression “Типун тебе на язык” ("Tipun tebe na yazyk" or literally "I wish you had a pimple on your tongue!") can be ...

Full of oxymoronic structures and phraseological contortions, these poems attempt to express the paradoxical stance of their author (‘I would only wish to be silent, but by being silent I lie’, or ‘I ...

Khasanova, Nurgizya Kuznetsova, Ilvira and Gulkanyan, Meri 2020. The equivalence of the Russian and english phraseological terms in the field of construction and architecture. IOP Conference Series: ...

Vetchinnikova, Svetlana (2014) Approximation, re-metaphorisation and idiomatising in ELF phraseological patterning: Looking for the point of contact. Paper presented at ELF7 (7th International ...