Rethinking Idiomaticity A Usage-based Approach

Adopting a usage-based perspective, the present study addresses the question 'which factors do speakers rely upon when assessing the idiomaticity of a construction?' It is the first study to bring together a quantitative corpus-linguistic approach and judgment data to explore the nature of idiomaticity as a complex concept that comprises semantic and formal variation parameters. Stefanie Wulff's book is suitable for researchers and postgraduates in the fields of lexicography, phraseology, corpus linguistics and those who are employing quantitative approaches. Cognitive linguists interested in the empirical underpinnings of their theoretical assumptions will find this required reading.