ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

Advances in Psychological Science ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (12): 2110-2117.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2013.02110

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The Psychological Reality of Formulaic Language

YI Wei;LU Shiyi   

  1. (School of Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing University, Beijing, 100871, China)
  • Received:2013-02-01 Online:2013-12-15 Published:2013-12-15
  • Contact: LU Shiyi

Abstract:

Formulaic language is composed of multi-word sequences that are form-meaning pairings stored in the mind of language users as a result of long-term language contact and extensive language experience. Psychological experiments focused on reading and auditory processing provide support for the existence of formulaic language; these studies show that formulaic language is stored and processed as a whole in our mental lexicon in the same way that words are. Future research should involve the following topics related to formulaic language: the identification of formulaic language, the relationship between formulaic language and the component words, and finally, the dynamic development of formulaic language, second language speakers and their formulaic language.

Key words: formulaic language, psychological reality, cognitive processing