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Publication details [#27059]

Weinert, Regina. 1995. The role of formulaic language in second language acquisition: A review. Applied Linguistics 16 (2) : 180–205.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult | child | classroom conversation | formulaic expression, L2-acquisition of | second language acquisition

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

ISBN

0142-6001

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper surveys second language research on the role of formulaic language and discusses its functions as communicative, production and learning strategy in child and adult naturalistic and classroom learning.