2018 # 6 (32)
Onufrieva E.S.
Idiomatic Comments as Evaluative Utterances (As Shown with the Examples of the Modern Greek Language)
Abstract
Based on a number of Greek language texts, this paper undertakes an analysis of idiomatic comments, i. e. idioms that are directly related to communicative situation and serve the function of commenting on certain aspects of communicative situation. We suggest a typology of idiomatic comments in the Greek language texts, observe their communicative and pragmatic function and expand on the definition of idiomatic comments.
Key words
speech formula, idiomatic comment, evaluation