English idioms in workplace discourse: functional, semantic and structural features

Authors

  • Nataliia Ishchuk Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University
  • Oleksandra Kvasnytska Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31558/1815-3070.2024.47.7

Keywords:

workplace discourse, English idioms, semantic, functional, syntactic, structural, features

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to delve into the functional, semantic and syntactic features of English idioms used in workplace discourse

Author Biographies

Nataliia Ishchuk , Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University

кандидат педагогічних наук, доцент, доцент кафедри іноземних мов професійного спрямування

Oleksandra Kvasnytska, Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University

4th-year student at the Faculty of Economics, specialization International Business and Business Translation

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2024-06-01

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SECTION IV Issues of Text Linguistics, Discourse Studies, and Cognitive Linguistics