IMPROPER SEMANTIC INTERPRETATIONS OF FOOD IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS BY IRAQI EFL LEARNERS.
- Department of English, Cihan University, Sulaimanyia.
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The current paper is concerned with elaborating the improper semantic interpretations by Iraqi EFL learners concerning the performance of the idiomatic expressions. In particular, the paper shows the semantic failures of Iraqi EFL learners concerning the use of food idioms. The most important thing which it attempts to encompass is to show whether a food item in certain contexts is understood as a kind of food or as an idiomatic expression. This is mainly done through analyzing the responses of the learners when doing a test containing this type of idiomatic expressions. The study reveals that EFL learners fail when they attempt at explaining such food idioms due to various levels of semantic inefficient knowledge.
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[Mukhalad Malik. (2017); IMPROPER SEMANTIC INTERPRETATIONS OF FOOD IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS BY IRAQI EFL LEARNERS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 2340-2344] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
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