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An Introductory Study of German Idiomatic Speech: F rom the S tandpoint of the C lassroom T eacher
Author(s) -
Radimersky George W.
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1938.tb06519.x
Subject(s) - german , linguistics , interpretation (philosophy) , expression (computer science) , irrational number , psychology , element (criminal law) , value (mathematics) , computer science , philosophy , mathematics , geometry , machine learning , political science , law , programming language
Author's Summary— The purpose is to attempt to locate the idiom‐bearing element in the idiomatic expression and to study the various degrees of accuracy in the interpretation of the same. The idioms are divided into three groups: one having distinctly grammatical value, one having a tendency to grow away from the rational into irrational speech, and a descriptive group.)