內(nèi)容提要 序 List of Figures and Tables 1 Introduction 1.1 Idioms,language and the language learner 1.2 Purpose of this study 1.3 Data and methodology 1.4 Idioms:a working definition 1.5 Organization of the book 2 Idionms Research:Different Approaches 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Semantic approaches 2.3 Syntactic approaches 2.4 Psycholinguistic approaches 2.5 Other appraaches 2.6 Summary 3 Theoretical Framework 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Systemic Functional Linguisties:theoretical claims 3.3 Metafunctions and English idioms 3.4 Summary 4 Idioms and Interaction:Enacting Role Relations 4.1 Introduction 4.2 English idioms as markers of interaction 4.3 Indicating staus and power relationship 4.4 Creating informal context 4.5 Negotiating informal context 4.6 Summary 5 Idioms as a Membershipping Device 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Language and identty 5.3 English idioms:varation and manipulation 5.4 Manipulation on idioms as a membershipping 5.5 Summary 6 Idioms and Appraisal:Encoding Attitudinal Meanings 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Modality and attitudinal meanings 6.3 Idions and the sources of attitudes 6.4 Discourse structure and evaluative idioms 6.5 Summary 7 Conclusions and Suggestions 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Summary and discussions 7.3 Pedagogical implications 7.4 Conluding remarks References Name Index