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Avoidance of idioms in a second language: The effect of L1-L2 degree of similarity

    1. [1] University of Haifa

      University of Haifa

      Israel

  • Localización: Studia linguistica: A journal of general linguistics, ISSN 0039-3193, Vol. 54, Nº 2, 2000, págs. 186-196
  • Idioma: inglés
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    • The study investigates whether avoidance of L2 (English) idioms is determined by the degree of similarity to their L1 (Hebrew) counterparts. Four degrees of similarity were established through a three-dimensional framework for L1-L2 comparison. 56 university English majors were tested on 20 idioms (5 per each type), elicited by a fill-in translation test. The totals of idiomatic and non-idiomatic responses were compared for each student, for each idiom type. Results showed that idioms as a category were not avoided, that L2 proficiency was a factor in idiom avoidance and that avoidance of specific idiom types was related to L1-L2 degrees of similarity.


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