{"product_id":"formulaic-language-and-the-lexicon-paperback-9780521022125","title":"Formulaic Language and the Lexicon (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521022125","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFormulaic Language and the Lexicon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores the nature of formulaic language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlison Wray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521022125, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages, 26 b\/w illus.  5 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.483 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Formulaic Language and the Lexicon encourages us to rethink the way we describe language and to refocus our studies on the way language actually behaves, rather than the way existing theories and models suggest that it should.' Language Awareness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA considerable proportion of our everyday language is 'formulaic'. It is predictable in form, idiomatic, and seems to be stored in fixed, or semi-fixed, chunks. This book explores the nature and purposes of formulaic language, and looks for patterns across the research findings from the fields of discourse analysis, first language acquisition, language pathology and applied linguistics. It gradually builds up a unified description and explanation of formulaic language as a linguistic solution to a larger, non-linguistic, problem, the promotion of self. The book culminates in a new model of lexical storage, which accommodates the curiosities of non-native and aphasic speech. Parallel analytic and holistic processing strategies are the proposed mechanism which reconciles, on the one hand, our capacity for understanding and producing novel constructions using grammatical knowledge and small lexical units, and on the other, our use of prefabricated material which, though less flexible, also requires less processing.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. What Formulaic Sequences Are: 1. The whole and the parts\u003cbr\u003e 2. Detecting formulaicity\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pinning down formulaicity\u003cbr\u003e Part II. A Reference Point: 4. Patterns of formulaicity in normal adult language\u003cbr\u003e 5. The function of formulaic sequences: a model\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Formulaic Sequences in First Language Acquisition: 6. Patterns of formulaicity in child language\u003cbr\u003e 7. Formulaic sequences in the first language acquisition\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Formulaic Sequences in a Second Language: 8. Non-native language: overview\u003cbr\u003e 9. Patterns of formulaicity in children using a second language\u003cbr\u003e 10. Patterns of formulaicity in adults and teenagers using a second language\u003cbr\u003e 11. Formulaic sequences in second language acquisition: a model\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Formulaic Sequences in Language Loss: 12. Patterns of formulaicity in aphasic language\u003cbr\u003e 13. Formulaic sequences in aphasia: a model\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. An Integrated Model: 14. The variable unit distributed lexicon.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Grammar, syntax \u0026amp; morphology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Grammar, syntax \u0026amp; morphology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Grammar,%20syntax%20\u0026amp;%20morphology%20%5BCFK%5D%22\"\u003eCFK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004011893016,"sku":"9780521022125","price":38.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521022125i.jpg?v=1694963573","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/formulaic-language-and-the-lexicon-paperback-9780521022125","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}