UTJECAJ OGRANIČENJA SMS PORUKA NA POJAVU I SASTAV IDIOMSKIH SKUPINA
THE IMPACT OF SMS MESSAGE RESTRICTIONS ON THE APPEARANCE AND COMPOSITION OF IDIOMS

Author(s): Azra Hodžić-Čavkić
Subject(s): Media studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax, Lexis, South Slavic Languages, Phraseology
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu
Keywords: Sarajevo SMS corpus of the Bosnian language; corpus linguistics; cognitive linguistics; idioms; composition; use; modifications;
Summary/Abstract: Idioms are defined as multi-component, complex, solid lexical connections. Without insight into the different understanding and other categorical features of idioms, their multi-component nature is the starting point of almost all phraseologists. From the perspective of cognitive linguistics, we can say that the composition of idioms is motivated by the conceptual metaphor MORE IS BETTER, i.e. MORE WORDS ARE MORE CONTENT – so that idioms must naturally be defined within the framework of spatial resolution since the meaning is expressed by at least two lexical words. In a linear sense, they take up more space than linguistic units indicating primary nomination. On the other hand, SMS, as one of the forms of computer-mediated communication, has its own spatial limitations, which means that the influence of the formal limitations of the SMS should be assumed first of all on the appearance in general and on the frequency of idioms, but the probability that such limitations can be taken into account have an influence on the composition of idioms and the possibility that variants of idioms appear within SMS messages. In this paper, we generally deal with the relationship between idiom groups and SMS in the first SMS corpus of the Bosnian language.

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