Formulaic language represents a challenge to even the most proficient of language
learners. Evidence is mixed as to whether native and nonnative speakers process it in a …

Learning conventional verb-noun combinations in a second language is known to be highly
problematic when word choices differ from those in the native language. Grounded on …

Formulaic sequences play a crucial role in building academic discourse. From among the
variety of formulaic expressions, lexical bundles have been shown to serve particular …

Findings in medical research articles (MRAs), in particular, the discussion section interest
not only the discourse community but also the ordinary people. Therefore, the writing needs …

For years, writing academic research articles (RAs) has gained abundant attention from
scholars. This is obviously motivated by the fact that writing RAs is an important endeavor …

The paper briefly surveys contemporary studies in the field of secondary nomination and
idiom comprehension in discourse. The research mainly focuses on the inferential …

Conventional metaphors are a fundamental component of everyday communication, yet they
are often overlooked in post‐secondary German‐language programs. This study examines …

This research investigated into the lexical density and frequencies of five types of lexical
chunks located in 300 online business letters. Top 10 websites on business correspondence …

Crossing more effortlessly from the pebbly river of language, thought, and cognition,
learners should tackle head on the river's pebbles of challenging the task of delineating …

It has been well documented that formulaic language (FL)–strings of language above the
word level in most cases, such as binomials, collocations, n-grams, idioms–enjoys a …