Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Formulaic Language
- 2 Cultural Context and Diachrony
- 3 The Data, the Community and a Data-Led Identification of MWEs
- 4 MWEs in Written German
- 5 Culture As Motivator of Change
- 6 Cultural Motivation in Context
- Conclusions
- Appendix A Filter Entries
- Appendix B Rater Guidelines on Semantic Unity
- References
- Index
1 - Formulaic Language
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Formulaic Language
- 2 Cultural Context and Diachrony
- 3 The Data, the Community and a Data-Led Identification of MWEs
- 4 MWEs in Written German
- 5 Culture As Motivator of Change
- 6 Cultural Motivation in Context
- Conclusions
- Appendix A Filter Entries
- Appendix B Rater Guidelines on Semantic Unity
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 starts off by introducing the reader to the concept of formulaic language and its significance. In the second section, an up-to-date view of this phenomenon is presented, and a fresh way of making sense of its complexities. The term multi-word expression (MWE) is then introduced in Section 3 to describe the phenomena of formulaic language that will be the subject of analysis. The reader is also introduced to some of the various types of evidence for the importance of formulaic language and its significance to both linguistic knowledge and language use (Section 4). The chapter ends by highlighting the reasons why looking at language and culture from the prism of formulaic language is particularly insightful.
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- Formulaic Language and Linguistic ChangeA Data-Led Approach, pp. 7 - 31Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020