Article outline

• 7.1Introduction
• 7.2The distributive lexicon approach, composition,
  whole word, and phraseology
• 7.3Priming theory
  • 7.3.1Hoey’s priming hypotheses
  • 7.3.2Critiques of priming theory
    • 7.3.2.1Intuition and psychology
    • 7.3.2.2Creativity
    • 7.3.2.3Orthographic words as the basis for research
    • 7.3.2.4The relation of text to the world and generic priming
    • 7.3.2.5Lexical priming, culture/genre and relevance
  • 7.3.3Priming, word-formation and figurative language
• 7.4Formulaic language and minimal analysis theories
  • 7.4.1Irregularity of form and meaning in frequent and formulaic language
  • 7.4.2Minimal analysis and child language development, and orality
• 7.5Summary