Research on the creation and uses of new idiomatic phrases in press (since 2000 to present)

  • Ngô Thị Thu Hương

Abstract

In recent years, there have had new phrases which are considered idiomatic and  possibly  placed  between  idioms and loose phrases in Vietnamese. These phrases are not stable in structure and carry  fewer  idiomatic  meanings  than true idioms but actual useas they can express  topical  issues. To  reveal the trends in how the new idiomatic phrases are created and used in press, we collected the data for this study from a variety of newspapers published since 2000 to present and then analyzed them from the following perspectives: 1) Forms: numbers  of  syllables  in  the  structure of the idiomatic phrases. 2) Compositional mechanism  of  the  phrases:  direct comparison  or  hidden  comparison (metaphoric  description).  3)  Origins: pure Vietnamese elements or borrowed ones (Indo-European, Sino- Vietnamese). 4) Types of structure: adding or reducing elements, using available structures in the language such as A is like B, (A) is  like  B,  A1B1A2B2,  and  so  on;  5) Frequencies of new idiomatic phrases.

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Published
2014-12-29
Section
Bài viết