Abstract
This research consists of two parts: the theoretical part and the practical part. The first part provides a general description of idioms and idiomatic expressions. The definition of the idiom depending on different points of view and theories, its composition and types according to different standards and criteria, and the relation between the idiom and other linguistic phenomena were given in detail. To give a simplified and complete image about idioms and to pave the way to the second part of the research, which focuses specifically on one type of idioms "idioms from numbers", all aspects regarding the idiom should be clarified in detail. The reason for choosing this kind of idioms is the absence of studies that tackle it well, particularly in Iraq ,and this type represents the core of the second part of present research .This part refers to the importance and role of idioms from numbers in comprehension English at various levels such as syntactic, semantic , vocabulary and context. To achieve the purpose of this research, two tests (pre -test and post- test) have been constructed and presented to a group of specialists to verify their validity and reliability. Then, the two tests were applied to a sample consisting of 40 undergraduate students and a lecture dealing with the subject of research has been delivered to the sample. The results of the two tests have been analyzed statistically and compared with each other in order to show the progress of achievement of the sample at various levels of the language which were mentioned above . In the light of the results of the study, several conclusions were inferred, one of them, the important and effective role played by idioms from the numbers in teaching English as a foreign language for Iraqi students.
Highlights
An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of its parts
This research focuses on the semantic and symbolism of English idioms containing the cardinal and ordinal numbers. It is significant because no study which would concentrate on semantics and symbolism of such universal and abstract phenomenon as "number" in the English idioms has been done before
The answer sheets were collected and corrected to get results. 3.8 Discussion of the result The statistical analysis of the results shows that the students' achievement in the post- test (75% passed and 25% failed) is better than them achievement in the pre-test(85% failed and 15% passed).The results indicate that this experiment turns to demonstrate significantly more learning effects for teaching idioms and training the students to acquire those expressions
Summary
An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of its parts. The interlingual approach involves a comparison of two different languages, whereas the intralingual approach of idiomaticity is more related with the point of view of native speakers” Another important aspect of theoretical discussions of idioms and other fixed expressions is that researchers who deal with this linguistic phenomenon employ different terminology. Studying the most important works of Celtic literature and taking into account the data of contemporaries and description of preserved religious sites Osipova found that the numbers two, three, four, five, six, seven, and nine in the outlook of the Celts were endowed with one or more non-quantitative meanings. The number six had a positive magical symbolism in Celtic culture This conclusion was based on the description of the sacred rite of gathering mistletoe. The subsequent statistical formula have been used in analyzing the results of the study
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