Phrasemes can be broken down into groups based on their compositionality (whether or not the meaning they … See more

Although the discussion of phrasemes centres largely on multi-word expressions such as those illustrated above, phrasemes are known to exist on the morphological level as well. Morphological phrasemes are convention… See more

• Phrasal template
• Phrase
• Technical term (jargon)
• Idiom (language structure)
• Irreversible binomial… See more

1. ^ Cowie, A.P. (ed.) (1998). Phraseology: Theory, Analysis, and Applications. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. ^ Dobrovol'skij, Dmitri O. & Elisabeth Piirainen (2005). Figurative Language: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Ling… See more