LINGUIST List 17.1659

Thu Jun 01 2006

Qs: Formulaic Sequences

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Message 1: Formulaic Sequences
Date: 30-May-2006
From: Joanna Jendryczka <joanna.jendryczkagmail.com>
Subject: Formulaic Sequences


Dear list members,

As a part of my M.A. thesis, I am investigating multi-word units (otherwayscalled recurrent sequences, word bundles, etc.) in non-native English speech.

I remember having read somewhere that if such a string of words containsrepeats (of the same words) and/or hesitation (like erm, mm, uhu) withinit, it cannot be treated as a formula, for the very inclusion of repetitionor hesitation proves the sequence was not processed as a whole but ratheras a set of words.

Unfortunately, I do not remember from which scolar the idea comes and Ineed it for justification of my very study.

I'll appreciate any hints or direct reference to the source.

Best regards,

Joanna Jendryczka------------------------------------M.A. English Linguistics studentA.Mickiewicz University Poznan, Poland

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics