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Formilaic Language: Pushing the Boundaries
Formilaic Language Pushing the Boundaries Author:Alison Wray 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, an... more »d the author is a key figure in this field.« less