Acknowledgements
         The author and series editors
         Foreword
         Text data, its sources, and presentation
         1 Review and setting
         1.1 Introduction
         1.2 Lexically and grammatically regular idioms
         1.2.1 A. Makkai (1972)
         1.2.2 U. Weinreich (1969)
         1.2.3 B. Fraser (1970)
         1.2.4 A.P. Cowie and R. Mackin (1975); A. P. Cowie,
         R. Mackin, and I. R. McCaig (1983)
         1.2.5 J. Strassler (1982)
         1.2.6 Conclusions
         1.3 Idiosyncratic idioms
         1.3.1 M.H. Roberts (1944); L. P. Smith (1925);
         O. Jespersen (1924); C. Fillmore, P. Kay, and
         M. C. O'Connor (1988)
         1.3.2 Conclusions
         1.4 About this book
         .2 Conventional ways of saying
         2.1 The novel and the conventional in language
         2.1.1 Introduction
         2.1.2 Idioms and idiomaticity
         2.1.3 Idioms, semi-idioms, literal idioms, and
         habitual collocations
         2.1.4 Conclusions
         2.2 The lexicogrammar of idioms
         2.2.1 Introduction
         2.2.2 Compounds, phrases, semi-clauses, and clauses
         2.3 Idioms and transformations
         2.3.1 Introduction
         2.3.2 Replacements or substitutions
         2.3.3 Additions
         2.3.4 Permutations
         2.3.5 Deletions
         2.3.6 Summary and conclusions on the
         transformations in idioms
         2.4 The collocability of idioms
         2.5 The semantics of pure and semi-idioms
         2.5.1 Semantic unity
         2.5.2 Non-literalness
         2.5.3 Summary and conclusions on the semantics
         of idioms
         2.6 Idioms: indicators of conventionality
         2.6.1 Introduction
         2.6.2 Conventionality and currency
         2.6.3 Conventionality and frequency
         2.7 Categorizing idioms
         2.7.1 Lexicogrammatical categorizations
         2.7.2 Functional categorizations
         2.8 Conclusions on idioms
         2.9 Idiomatic usage: an exercise in comparative usage
         2.9.1 Introduction
         2.9.2 English verb formations and bracketing in
         relation to German
         2.9.3 Sinhala: verb formations and deletion in
         relation to English
         2.9.4 Lankan English
         2.9.5 Australian English
         2.9.6 Conclusions
         2.10 General conclusions: conventionalized ways of saying
         3 Ideational idiomatic expressions: images
         of the world
         3.1 Vocabulary as an analogue of the world and its ways
         3.1.1 Introduction
         3.1.2 Images of the world: generalities
         3.1.3 Images of the world: the vague
         3.1.4 Images of the world: specificities
         3.1.5 Conclusions
         3.2 Images of the world: the politics of Jane and Joe Bloggs
         3.2.1 Introduction
         3.2.2 The politics of the Bloggs: the emperor's new
         clothes
         3.2.3 The politics of the Bloggs: red herrings
         3.2.4 Conclusions
         3.3 Images of the world: inside Jane and Joe Bloggs
         3.3.1 Introduction
         3.3.2 The heart and the head of the Bloggs
         3.3.3 The states of the heart: joy
         3.3.4 The states of the heart: grief
         3.3.5 The states of the heart: anger
         3.3.6 Conclusions
         3.4 Men, women, manners, and morals: attitudinal
         appraisals
         3.4.1 Introduction
         3.4.2 Attitudes in discourse
         3.4.3 Appraisals of manners and morals
         3.4.4 Conclusions
         3.5 The world, language, and language-users
         3.6 Conclusions
         4 Interpersonal idiomatic expressions:
         conviviality and conflict in verbal interactions
         4.1 Interpersonal idiomatic expressions: vehicles of
         participation and exchange
         4.1.1 Introduction
         4.1.2 Interpersonal idiomatic expressions as markers
         of conviviality: politeness routines
         4.1.3 Service encounters
         4.1.4 Small talk
         4.2 Institutionalized good wishes and sympathy
         4.2.1 Introduction
         4.2.2 Christmas and New Year greetings
         4.2.3 Birthday greetings
         4.2.4 Condolence, sympathy, and congratulations
         4.3 Forums: information-oriented talk
         4.3.1 Introduction
         4.3.2 Endorsements
         4.3.3 Mitigation
         4.3.4 Generosity
         4.3.5 Informing strategies
         4.3.6 Conclusions
         4.4 Interpersonal idiomatic expressions as markers of
         conflict
         4.4.1 Introduction
         4.4.2 Conflict
         4.4.3 Conclusions
         4.5 General conclusions
         5 Relational idiomatic expressions in exposition
         and narrative
         5.1 Relational idiomatic expressions: vehicles of
         logical and temporal coherence
         5.1.1 Introduction
         5.1.2 Anaphoric and conjunctive idiomatic expressions
         in action
         5.1.3 Conclusions
         5.2 Temporal idiomatic expressions in action
         5.2.1 Introduction: public and personal time
         5.2.2 Public time
         5.2.3 Personal time
         5.3 General conclusions
         6 Idiomatic expressions as vocabulary resource:
         interdependencies, interconnections, and
         practicalities
         6.1 What this chapter is about
         6.2 The general and the specific reconsidered
         6.3 Currency reconsidered
         6.4 Topic-related collocations
         6.5 Idioms, topic, theme: the role of vocabulary in getting
         the message across
         6.6 Practicalities
         6.6.1 Introduction
         6.6.2 The role of idioms in language learning
         6.7 Interlocutor, thinker, and experiencer/reporter
         6.8 Conclusions
         Appendix
         Glossary
         Bibliography
         Index
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