In:General Phraseology: Theory and Practice
Igor Mel’čuk
[Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa 36] 2023
► pp. 141–158
Chapter 8Clichés
Published online: 16 March 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/lis.36.c8
https://doi.org/10.1075/lis.36.c8
Article outline
- 1.The notion of cliché
- 2.Four major classes of clichés
- 2.1Clichés with a specific concrete referent: Proper nicknames (or descriptive complex proper names)
- 2.2Clichés with a generic concrete referent: Termemes
- 2.3Clichés with a specific abstract referent: Routine formulas, or formulemes
- 2.4Clichés with a generic abstract referent: Sentencemes (from Lat. sententia ‘saying, maxim’)
- 3.Lexicographic description of clichés
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