alleryStart learning →Idioms are usually said to contradict which principle in linguistics?
ATransitivity
BCompositionality
CSubordination
DConcordance
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Compositionality
The principle of compositionality says a whole's meaning is built from its parts, which idioms violate.
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