Native and Non-Native Speakers' Use of English Idiomatic Expressions: A Syntactic and, Pragmatic Study

Abstract

Non-native speakers of English often lack the ability to understand and produce English idiomatic expressions appropriately and in an adequate amount. This adequate and appropriate use of idiomatic expressions is common in the average native speakers daily life and thus considered to be a distinctive feature which characterizes English native speakers (Dixon, 1951: 3) cited in (Al-Lami, 2006: 1).