Idiom (idiom)

The idiom (from ancient Greek ἰδίωμα idíōma "peculiarity, peculiarity") is the peculiar language or way of speaking of a regionally ( regiolect ) or socially ( sociolect ) group or the language peculiarity of an individual speaker ( idiolect ). According to Eberhards (1910), idiom denotes "in general any language peculiarity and language peculiarity, then the sum of these language peculiarities within a language, hence the vernacular, the dialect in its peculiarity". It is "[...] merely a technical expression of linguistics and emphasizes the special linguistic characteristics of the vernacular and, in the more general sense, every peculiar independent language".

See also

• Idiom - disambiguation page
• slang
• Phraseologism
• Phrase
• Special language
• Use of language
• Use of language
• Transgression (linguistics)
• Variety (linguistics)

Web links

Wiktionary: Idiom  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Gemoll , Karl Vretska: Greek-German school and hand dictionary . Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky. 9th edition. ISBN 3-209-00108-1 .
2. ↑ Duden, keyword idiom
3. ^ Johann August Eberhards (1910): Synonymic concise dictionary of the German language