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Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna; Martinez, Ron – Applied Linguistics, 2015
John Sinclair's Idiom Principle famously posited that most texts are largely composed of multi-word expressions that "constitute single choices" in the mental lexicon. At the time that assertion was made, little actual psycholinguistic evidence existed in support of that holistic, "single choice," view of formulaic language. In…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Phrase Structure, Holistic Approach, Applied Linguistics
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Chen, Yu-Hua; Baker, Paul – Applied Linguistics, 2016
In this study, we investigated criterial discourse features in L2 writing through the use of recurrent word combinations, a.k.a. lexical bundles, taking a corpus-driven and expert-judged approach by examining L2 English data across various proficiency levels from L1 Chinese learners. Proficiency was determined by a robust rating procedure which is…
Descriptors: Essays, Guidelines, Evaluators, Phrase Structure
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Wolter, Brent; Gyllstad, Henrik – Applied Linguistics, 2011
This article assesses the influence of L1 intralexical knowledge on the formation of L2 intralexical collocations. Two tests, a primed lexical decision task (LDT) and a test of receptive collocational knowledge, were administered to a group of non-native speakers (NNSs) (L1 Swedish), with native speakers (NSs) of English serving as controls on the…
Descriptors: Priming, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure