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  1. 1. He is a few fries short of a Happy Meal : A study of the semantic and syntactic properties of idioms with the structure X (be)(quantifier) Y short/shy of X

    Kandidat-uppsats, Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Marc Harding; [2009]
    Nyckelord :metaphor; snowclone; source meaning; target meaning; meronymy; construction; valence;

    Sammanfattning : This study is an investigation of how semantic and syntactic properties interact in a regular way in variants of a common expression type or Snowclone. Conventional variants of this construction are (someone is) a few (French) fries short/shy of a Happy Meal, (someone is) one sandwich short of a picnic and (someone is) one card short of a full deck. LÄS MER