Idiom Variability across Different Varieties of English

DOBIÁŠOVÁ, Sarah. Idiom Variability across Different Varieties of English. In 6th IDEAS English Students' Conference, English Students' Club, 10 May 2019, The Department of English and American Studies, Masaryk University, Brno. 2019.

Basic information

• Original name: Idiom Variability across Different Varieties of English
• Authors: DOBIÁŠOVÁ, Sarah.
• Edition: 6th IDEAS English Students' Conference, English Students' Club, 10 May 2019, The Department of English and American Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, 2019.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 60203 Linguistics
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): idiomy; vlastní jména; kognitivní lingvistika; korpusová lingvistika
• Keywords in English: idioms; proper nouns; cognitive linguistics; corpus linguistics
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

The presentation wishes to investigate the grammatical and semantic variability of the idiom “Bob’s your uncle” across different varieties of English, employing the cognitive linguistic and the cultural linguistic perspectives. The analysis, undertaken with the help of the NOW corpus, revealed that proper names in name idioms are prone to considerable variability. It was also revealed that the topic of the text, in which the modified idiom is used, as well as the intention of its producer, play an important role in the whole process. In view of these findings, possible paths of future research were suggested at the end of the presentation.

Links

• MUNI/A/1396/2018, interní kód MU: Name: Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments (Acronym: RCE)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A