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Everything about Formulaic language
Utterances with fixed forms and often non-literal meaning
Formulaic language is a linguistic term for verbal expressions that are fixed in form, often non-literal in meaning, with attitudinal nuances, and closely related to communicative-pragmatic context. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Formulaic languageA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Formulaic language identification model based on GCN fusing associated informationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: George's Marvelous MedicineThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The functions of formulaic language: an integrated modelCited 385 times
- Go sideways: Speech disfluencyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Jean E. Fox TreeA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The functions of formulaic language: an integrated model
A corpus-driven approach to formulaic language in English
Formulaic Language in Learner Corpora
Formulaic Language and Second Language Acquisition: Zipf and the Phrasal Teddy Bear
The Processing of Formulaic Language
The Role of Formulaic Language in Second Language Acquisition: A Review
Is All Formulaic Language Created Equal? Unpacking the Processing Advantage for Different Types of Formulaic Sequences
Formulaic language in learners and native speakers
🆕 Influential since 2022
Formulaic language identification model based on GCN fusing associated information
Norbert Schmitt's essential bookshelf: Formulaic language
The noticing hypothesis and formulaic language. Learnability of non-salient language forms
The role of psycholinguistics for language learning in teaching based on formulaic sequence use and oral fluency
Beyond words in evaluation: Formulaic language in critical reviews of research articles across disciplines
📚 Books worth reading
George's Marvelous MedicineRoald Dahl · 1981
De medicinaAulus Cornelius Celsus, Celse · 1478
Orality and LiteracyWalter J. Ong · 1982- 📕LaghusiddhāntakaumudīVaradarāja · 1950
The making of Homeric verseMilman Parry · 1971
The literate revolution in Greece and its cultural consequencesEric Alfred Havelock · 1982
Discontinuous syntaxA. M. Devine · 1999- 📕Facts and how to find themWilliam Alfred Bagley · 1938
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