Preface -- Abbreviations -- 0. Introduction: Scope Of The Present Study -- 0.1 Plan And Organization -- 0.2 The Dialect Problem -- Part One -- 1. Theoretical Considerations -- 1.1 Earlier Views Of Idiomaticity -- 1.2 The Stratificational View Of Language -- 1.3 The Two Idiomaticity Areas In English -- 1.4 On The Typological Implications Of Idiomatic Analysis -- Part Two -- 2. A Partial Classification Of Some Of The Most Frequent Types Of Lexemic Idioms In Standard American English -- 2.1 Class L/1: Phrasal Verb Idioms -- 2.2 Class L/2: Tournure Idioms -- 2.3 Class L/3 : Irreversible Binomial Idioms -- 2.4 Class L/4 : Phrasal Compound Idioms -- 2.5 Class L/5 : Incorporating Verb Idioms -- 2.6 Class L/6: Pseudo-Idioms -- Appendix: Healey'S Partial Classification Of English Idioms According To Their Tagmemic Sentence Functions -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Topical Index.