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In:Recent Advances in Multiword Units in Machine Translation and Translation Technology
Edited by Johanna Monti, Gloria Corpas Pastor, Ruslan Mitkov and Carlos Manuel Hidalgo-Ternero
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 366] 2024
► pp. 104–123

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Chapter 6
Suggestions for a new model of functional phraseme categorization for applied purposes

 | Universität Osnabrück
Published online: 7 November 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.366.06fan
Abstract
Although the significance of phraseology in various fields of applied linguistics such as translation, language teaching, and (bilingual) learner lexicography is generally agreed upon, existing models of phraseme categorization largely fail to account for the needs of language practitioners and learners. Yet, a classification model for applied purposes is required, for example, to provide language practitioners and learners with a systematic list of useful phraseological items that can be applied to individual situations of language production and reception. The model suggested in the present paper consistently applies functional classification criteria and is derived from an extensive corpus study of spoken British and American English. It is hoped that the empirical approach and the focus on functional properties of phrasemes will ensure that the model is of maximum relevance for applied purposes.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The project “Phraseology in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom”
  • 3.A review of phraseme classification models
    • 3.1Burger’s function-oriented model of phraseme categorization
  • 4.Suggestions for a new model of functional phraseme categorization for applied purposes
    • 4.1Communicative phrasemes
    • 4.2Referential phrasemes
    • 4.3Structural phrasemes
  • 5.Implications for translation practice and translation technology
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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