A 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.

A considerable proportion of our everyday language is "formulaic". It is predictable in form and idiomatic--apparently stored in fixed or semi-fixed chunks. Thi

The notion of formulaicity has received increasing attention in disciplines and areas as diverse as linguistics, literary studies, art theory and art history. I

This book is the first of the two-volume collection of papers on formulaic language. The collection is among the first ones in the field. The book draws attenti

The creation of new lexical units and patterns has been studied in different research frameworks, focusing on either system-internal or system-external aspects,