Formulaic language and the lexicon / Alison Wray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wray, Alison.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexicology--Methodology.

Lexicology.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).

Language acquisition.

Aphasia.

Physical Description:

xi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part I. What Formulaic Sequences Are

1 The Whole and the Parts 3

2 Detecting Formulaicity 19

3 Pinning Down Formulaicity 44

Part II. A Reference Point

4 Patterns of Formulaicity in Normal Adult Language 69

5 The Function of Formulaic Sequences: A Model 93

Part III. Formulaic Sequences in First Language Acquisition

6 Patterns of Formulaicity in Child Language 105

7 Formulaic Sequences in the First Language Acquisition Process: A Model 128

Part IV. Formulaic Sequences in a Second Language

8 Non-native Language: Overview 143

9 Patterns of Formulaicity in Children Using a Second Language 150

10 Patterns of Formulaicity in Adults and Teenagers Using a Second Language 172

11 Formulaic Sequences in the Second Language Acquisition Process: A Model 199

Part V. Formulaic Sequences in Language Loss

12 Patterns of Formulaicity in Aphasic Language 217

13 Formulaic Sequences in Aphasia: A Model 247

Part VI. An Integrated Model

14 The Heteromorphic Distributed Lexicon 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index.

ISBN:

0521773091

OCLC:

46359578