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Fundamentals of Formulaic Language: An Introduction (2015)
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Fundamentals of Formulaic Language: An Introduction	(2015)Fundamentals of Formulaic Language: An Introduction (2015)

Over the past few decades there has been a steadily increasing interest and research focus on the phenomenon of formulaic language in the fields of linguistics and applied linguistics. Slowly, a consistent definition has emerged, centring around the idea that formulaic sequences are multi-word units with specific meanings or functions, and some evidence points to their being processed mentally as wholes. Researchers from diverse backgrounds have identified the nature and roles of formulaic sequences in language acquisition and production, in the construction of text and discourse, in spoken and written language, and in language teaching...
 
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Tags: language, formulaic, sequences, linguistics, nature, Formulaic, Fundamentals
Teaching Formulaic Sequences in the ESL Classroom
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Teaching Formulaic Sequences in the ESL ClassroomTeaching Formulaic Sequences in the ESL ClassroomIn both second language (L2) research and pedagogy, individual words have been considered the basic lexical unit because individual words are convenient to identify, teach, and work with. However, there is a growing awareness that language users do not always process language word by word, but also make use of formulaic sequences. In fact, it has been estimated that formulaic sequences constitute more than 50% of spoken and written English discourse and that these sequences are strongly associated with fluent, communicative, native-like language production. This means that in order to appear proficient, English as a second language (ESL) learners also need to gain mastery of these sequences.

 
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The Units of Language Acquisition
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The Units of Language AcquisitionThe Units of Language Acquisition

The Units of Language Acquisition details the way children acquire language by first accumulating formulaic units or prefabricated patterns.
 
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Tags: Units, Acquisition, Language, formulaic, units
Perspectives on Formulaic Language - Acquisition and Communication
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Perspectives on Formulaic Language - Acquisition and CommunicationPerspectives on Formulaic Language - Acquisition and Communication

This edited collection draws together diverse international work on formulaic language such as idioms, collocations, lexical bundles and phrasal verbs. Formulaic sequences are more or less fixed word combinations such as idioms, collocations, lexical bundles, phrasal verbs and so on. Study in this area has grown over the past fifteen years, despite the fact that there are no academic journals or conferences devoted to this topic.
 
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Tags: bundles, lexical, phrasal, verbs, Formulaic, collocations, Perspectives
Formulaic Sequences - Acquisition, Processing and Use
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Formulaic Sequences - Acquisition, Processing and UseFormulaic Sequences - Acquisition, Processing and Use

Formulaic sequences (FS) are now recognized as an essential element of language use. However, research on FS has generally been limited to a focus on description, or on the place of FS in L1 acquisition. This volume opens new directions in FS research, concentrating on how FS are acquired and processed by the mind, both in the L1 and L2. The ten original studies in the volume illustrate the L2 acquisition of FS, the relationship between L1 and L2 FS, the relationship between corpus recurrence of FS and their psycholinguistic reality, the processes involved in reading FS, and pedagogical issues in teaching FS.
 
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Tags: acquisition, volume, research, between, relationship, Formulaic