Search results
- Dictionaryphraseology/ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒi/
noun
- 1. a particular mode of expression, especially one characteristic of a particular speaker or subject area: "legal phraseology"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
noun
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
Discipline studying phraeological units
In linguistics, phraseology is the study of set or fixed expressions, such as idioms, phrasal verbs, and other types of multi-word lexical units, in which the component parts of the expression take on a meaning more specific than, or otherwise not predictable from, the sum of their meanings when used independently. For example, ‘Dutch auction’ is composed of the words Dutch ‘of or pertaining to th... Wikipedia