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, oron the place of FS in L1 acquisition. This volume opens new directions in FS research, concentratingon 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.The studies use a wide range of methodologies, many of them innovative,and thus the volume serves as a model for future research in the area. The volume begins with three survey chapters offering a background on the characteristics and measurement of FS.
Preface
Formulaic sequences in action: An introduction
Norbert Schmitt and Ronald Carter
Measurement of formulaic sequences
John Read and Paul Nation
Formulaic performance in conventionalised varieties of speech
Koenraad Kuiper
Knowledge and acquisition of formulaic sequences: A longitudinal study
Norbert Schmitt, Zoltan D6rnyei, Svenja Adolphs, and Valerie Durow
Individual differences and their effects on formulaic sequence acquisition
Zoltan Dornyei, Valerie Durow, and Khawla Zahran
Social-cultural integration and the development of formulaic sequences
Svenja Adolphs and Valerie Durow
Are corpus-derived recurrent clusters psycholinguistically valid?
Norbert Schmitt, Sarah Grandage, and Svenja Adolphs
The eyes have it: An eye-movement study into the processing
of formulaic sequences
Geoffrey Underwood, Norbert Schmitt, and Adam Galpin
Exploring the processing of formulaic sequences through
a self-paced reading task
Norbert Schmitt and Geoffery Underwood
Comparing knowledge of formulaic sequences across L1, L2, L3, and L4
Carol Spottl and Michael McCarthy
The effect of typographic salience on the look up and comprehension
of unknown formulaic sequences
Hugh Bishop
'Here's one I prepared earlier': Formulaic language learning on television
Alison Wray
Facilitating the acquisition of formulaic sequences:
An exploratory study in an EAP context
Martha Jones and Sandra Haywood
Index