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Mgr. Petr Mařák

Bachelor's thesis

Comparison of British and American Idioms with Equivalent Meaning

Comparison of British and American Idioms with Equivalent Meaning
Abstract:
The aim of the thesis is to examine a selected sample of pairs of British and American idioms which have equivalent meaning but differ slightly in form. The differences are put under intense scrutiny and classification of differences is introduced. Then a corpus search is conducted to find out about the frequency of British idioms and their American equivalents and determine whether idioms labelled …more
 

Keywords

idiom British English American English systemic differences at the level of spelling non-systemic differences at the level of spelling differences at the level of vocabulary differences at the level of grammar corpus
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 27. 6. 2007
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/xfry1/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 22. 1. 2007
  • Supervisor: PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová

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