TY - JOUR
T1 - Tracking the incidence of formulaic expressions in everyday speech
T2 - Methods for classification and verification
AU - Van Lancker-Sidtis, Diana
AU - Rallon, Gail
N1 - Funding Information:
Diana Van Lancker-Sidtis is a neurolinguist and speech pathologist with a special interest in normal and disordered adult language and speech. She earned advanced degrees in English and Linguistics from the University of Chicago and Brown University in the USA, and was awarded a NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Communication Disorders at Northwestern University. In 1988, following graduate studies at California State University at Los Angeles, she was granted clinical certification as a speech pathologist. As faculty member at the University of North Dakota, the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, she conducted funded research in speech and language, in addition to teaching and clinical service. In 1998, she was appointed “Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor of Linguistics” at Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Most recently, she joined the faculty of New York University as professor and served as chair of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology for three years. She is currently on sabbatical leave, enjoying a year as Visiting Scientist at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in New York.
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PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - The importance in communication of speech formulas, idioms, proverbs and other formulaic expressions (FEs) has recently been recognized, but studies of their actual usage are still few, and methods of classification remain unrefined. The incidence of FEs in a screenplay, Some Like It Hot, was examined, and found to make up nearly 25% of the phrases in the text. These results are compared with other corpus studies. To verify the classification method used, a survey provided a quantification of native speakers' knowledge of FEs. These findings support a dual model of language ability that includes both configurational and combinatorial modes.
AB - The importance in communication of speech formulas, idioms, proverbs and other formulaic expressions (FEs) has recently been recognized, but studies of their actual usage are still few, and methods of classification remain unrefined. The incidence of FEs in a screenplay, Some Like It Hot, was examined, and found to make up nearly 25% of the phrases in the text. These results are compared with other corpus studies. To verify the classification method used, a survey provided a quantification of native speakers' knowledge of FEs. These findings support a dual model of language ability that includes both configurational and combinatorial modes.
KW - Fixed expressions
KW - Formulaic language
KW - Models of language performance
KW - Pragmatics of language
KW - Text analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.langcom.2004.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.langcom.2004.02.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2642552141
SN - 0271-5309
VL - 24
SP - 207
EP - 240
JO - Language and Communication
JF - Language and Communication
IS - 3
ER -