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There are two ways for an object to be categorized by means of idioms- static and dynamic. In the first case an idiom represents a special, very detailed class, otherwise idioms contain various properties of an object allowing the listener to understand the speakers reasons for categorization.
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Combination of idioms' semantics research with cognitive categorization theory makes this work unique.
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This page is a summary of: Two categorization patterns in idiom semantics, Pragmatics & Cognition, December 2016, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/pc.23.2.08gor.
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