Research Catalog

Title

Formulaic language : pushing the boundaries / Alison Wray.

Author

Wray, Alison

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Details

Description

xv, 305 p. : ill., charts; 24 cm.

Summary

Examines how formulaic language ('lexical chunks') is used in a variety of real-life situations. Presents a framework for examining the existence and function of formulaic language and tests it extensively against language data within a wide variety of language samples. Formulaic language is a fast-growing area of applied linguistic research, and the author is a key figure in this field --- Product Description.

Subjects

• Language Development
• Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
• Language acquisition
• Psycholinguistics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-302) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Conceptualizihng formulaic language -- Working at the boundaries -- Formulaic language and the oral tradition -- Formulaicity in speech and writing -- Morpheme equivalent units in the bigger picture -- Evaluating models at the interface -- Identifying formulaic material in real texts -- A diagnostic approach to identifying morpheme equivalent units -- TESSA : a case study in machine translation -- TALK : a formulaic approach to supporting communication in the speech-disabled -- Formulaic language learning : the beginner -- Formulaic language learning : advanced -- Meanings of the parts and meanings of the whole -- Formulaicity and naturalness in a French and Saunders sketch -- Formulas as the default -- Origin and dynamics of formulaic language -- Formulaic language learning in adults -- Teaching language to computers -- Formulaicity under pressure -- Formulaic language, formulaic thought -- Across the boundaries.

ISBN

• 9780194422451
• 0194422453

OCLC

• 262523883
• SCSB-12261562

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library