Phraseology: The periphery and the heart of language

By Nick C. Ellis. 2008

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Language Is a Complex Adaptive System: Position Paper (2009, background): “Thus, a CAS perspective on the limited end state typical of adult L2 learners suggests that this results from dynamic cycles of language use, language change, language perception, and language learning in the interactions of members of language communities (Ellis, 2008a).”
Effect of Frequency and Idiomaticity on Second Language Reading Comprehension. (2011, background): “Such multiword expressions are increasingly being viewed by researchers as a central part of the mental lexicon and even language acquisition itself (Ellis, 2008; Wray, 2002).”
What Do We (Think We) Know About Formulaic Language? An Evaluation of the Current State of Play (2012, background): “Formulaic language has become very productively associated with the new generation of grammatical theories that locate multiword strings at the center, rather than the periphery, of our linguistic experience (Ellis, 2008; Taylor, 2002).”