Education English | Definition of Idiomatic Expression and Characteristics of Idiomatic Expression | Definition of Idiomatic Expression
Idiomatic expression is construction of two or more words in which the sense of the whole construction is not predictable from the meaning of its parts (Martin and Ohmann 2001:11). The function of idiomatic expression is to make a beautiful sentence to express something, and avoid people bored to listen or read our sentence.
Characteristics of Idiomatic Expression
1. Idioms consist of two or more words.
2. The meaning of idiom is not obvious through knowledge of the individual
meanings of the constituent words.
3. The meaning of idioms can not be predicted from their individual words.
4. Idioms depart from the normal pattern of a language.
5. Idioms are fixed expression though the fixation is in some cases relative.
2. The meaning of idiom is not obvious through knowledge of the individual
meanings of the constituent words.
3. The meaning of idioms can not be predicted from their individual words.
4. Idioms depart from the normal pattern of a language.
5. Idioms are fixed expression though the fixation is in some cases relative.
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