内容提要
序
List of Figures and Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Idioms,language and the language learner
1.2 Purpose of this study
1.3 Data and methodology
1.4 Idioms:a working definition
1.5 Organization of the book
2 Idionms Research:Different Approaches
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Semantic approaches
2.3 Syntactic approaches
2.4 Psycholinguistic approaches
2.5 Other appraaches
2.6 Summary
3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Systemic Functional Linguisties:theoretical claims
3.3 Metafunctions and English idioms
3.4 Summary
4 Idioms and Interaction:Enacting Role Relations
4.1 Introduction
4.2 English idioms as markers of interaction
4.3 Indicating staus and power relationship
4.4 Creating informal context
4.5 Negotiating informal context
4.6 Summary
5 Idioms as a Membershipping Device
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Language and identty
5.3 English idioms:varation and manipulation
5.4 Manipulation on idioms as a membershipping
5.5 Summary
6 Idioms and Appraisal:Encoding Attitudinal Meanings
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Modality and attitudinal meanings
6.3 Idions and the sources of attitudes
6.4 Discourse structure and evaluative idioms
6.5 Summary
7 Conclusions and Suggestions
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Summary and discussions
7.3 Pedagogical implications
7.4 Conluding remarks
References
Name Index