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Steering Clear: Avoidance in the Production of Idioms.
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Irujo, Suzanne – 1986
A study of advanced English learners' use or avoidance of English idioms is described. The investigation looked at whether the subjects would attempt to use English idioms in a translation task containing idioms, or would instead use non-idiomatic synonyms or paraphrase. It also looked at which idioms are used and which are avoided: those that are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Code Switching (Language), Communication Skills, Correlation