ArticleThe mental lexicon2017
Perception of formulaic and novel expressions under acoustic degradation.
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- Formulaic Language Resources May Help Overcome Difficulties in Speech-Motor Planning after Stroke.PloS one · 2020Article
- Cortical-subcortical production of formulaic language: A review of linguistic, brain disorder, and functional imaging studies leading to a production model.Brain and cognition · 2018Review
- Switching Language Modes: Complementary Brain Patterns for Formulaic and Propositional Language.Brain connectivity · 2018Article
- Evaluation, treatment, and analysis of a rare case of motor speech systems dyscoordination syndrome.Cogent medicine · 2017Article
- Formulaic Language in Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease: Complementary Effects of Subcortical and Cortical Dysfunction.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2015Article
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backgroundFormulaic expressions, including idioms and other fixed expressions, comprise a significant proportion of discourse. Although much has been written about this topic, controversy remains about their psychological status. An important claim about formulaic expressions, that they are known to native speakers, has seldom been directly demonstrated. This study tested the hypothesis that formulaic expressions are known and stored as whole unit mental representations by performing three perceptual experiments.
methodListeners transcribed two kinds of spectrally-degraded spoken sentences, half formulaic, and half novel, newly created expressions, matched for grammar and length. Two familiarity ratings, usage and exposure, were obtained from listeners for each expression. Text frequency data for the stimuli and their constituent words were obtained using a spoken corpus.
resultsParticipants transcribed formulaic more successfully than literal utterances. Usage and familiarity ratings correlated with accuracy, but formulaic utterances with low ratings were also transcribed correctly. Phrase types differed significantly in text frequency, but word frequency counts did not differentiate the two kinds of expressions. DISCUSSION: These studies provide new converging evidence that formulaic expressions are encoded and processed as whole units, supporting a dual-process model of language processing, which assumes that grammatical and formulaic expressions are differentially processed.
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