The contribution of formulaic language to fundamental debates in linguisticsn, Regina Weinert (University of Sheffield); Part 1: Formulaic Language in Acquisition and Pedagogy; 2. The development of collocation use in academic texts by advanced L2 learners: A multiple case study approach, Jie Li and Norbert Schmitt (University of Nottingham, UK); 3. Idiomatically speaking: Effects of task variation on formulaic language in highly proficient users of L2 French and Spanish, Fanny Forsberg and Lars Fant (Stockholm University, Sweden); 4. Effectiveness of text memorization in EFL Learning of Chinese students, Thenqiong Dai and Yanren Ding (Nanjing University, China); 5. Lexical clusters in an EAP textbook corpus, David Wood (Carleton University, Canada); 6. An investigation of lexical bundles in ESP textbooks and electrical engineering introductory textbooks, Lin Chen (Carleton University, USA); Part 2: Identification and Psycholinguistic Processing of Formulaic Language; 7.Formulaicity in code-switching: Criteria for identifying formulaic sequences, Kazuhiko Namba (Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan); 8. Holistic processing of regular four-word sequences: A behavioral and ERP study of the effects of structure, frequency, and probability on immediate recall, Antoine Tremblay and Harald Baayen (University of Alberta, Canada); 9. The phonology of formulaic sequences: A review, Phoebe Ming Sum Lin (University of Nottingham, UK); 10. Processing MWUs: Are MWU subtypes psycholinguistically real? Georgie Columbus (University of Alberta, Canada); Part 3: Communicative Functions of Formulaic Language; 11. A text in speech's clothing: Discovering specific functions of formulaic expressions in Beowulf and blogs, Matt Garley, Benjamin Slade, and Marina Terkourafi (University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA); 12. The semantic structure of Arabic idioms, Ashraf Abdou(University of Manchester, UK); 13. Formulaicity and translation: A cross-corpora analysis of English formulaic binomials and their Italian translations, Salvatore Giammarresi (University of Palermo, Italy); Index.

"The new millennium has seen an explosion of usage-based studies showing that formulaic language and constructions are the rule rather than the exception. This volume is an important contribution to this growing field of research, directing the reader, as it does, to an abundance of new prefabricated patterns and sequences of different degrees of generality, from abstract schemas over frames to (semi)fixed sequences, and in a wide range of applicational studies including memorization and processing, developmental L2 learning and textbook design." Britt Erman, Associate Professor, University of Stockholm, Sweden

Features empirical research alongside theory and teaching practices -- will help readers to understand the pervasive and critical role that formulaic language plays in all aspects of language acquisition and use.