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<p>Using a corpus of data drawn from naturally-occurring second language conversations, this book explores the role of idiomaticity in English as a native language, and its comparative role in English as a lingua franca. Through examining how idiomaticity enables first language learners to achieve a greater degree of fluency, the book explores why idiomatic language poses such a challenge for users of English as a lingua franca. The book puts forward a new definition of competence and fluency wi
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- LUKE PRODROMOU
- Publisher
- Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited National Book Network [distributor
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780826440136
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Study & Teaching
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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