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| According to "The Canadian Modern Language Review", '''''formulaic sequences''''' are "fixed combinations of ]s that...can facilitate ] in speech by making pauses shorter and less frequent, and allowing longer runs of speech between pauses".<ref>http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/canadian_modern_language_review/v063/63.1wood.html</ref> | |||
| A formulaic sequence is "a sequence, continuous or discontinuous, of words or other elements, which is, or appears to be, prefabricated: that is, stored and retrieved whole from memory at the time of use, rather than being subject to generation or analysis by the language grammar".<ref>{{cite book|last=Wray|first=Alison|title=Formulaic Language and the Lexicon|year=2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0521022126|page=9}}</ref> | |||
| They can be found everywhere in language use and “make up a large proportion of any discourse” (Schmitt and Carter, 2004:1).<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmitt (Ed.)|first=Norbert|title=Formulaic Sequences in Action: An Introduction. In: Schmitt, Norbert (Ed.) Formulaic Sequences: Acquisition, Processing and Use|year=2004|publisher=Benjamins|location=Amsterdam|page=1}}</ref> FS can be of any length and can be used to express messages, functions, social solidarity and process information very fast without communication misunderstanding.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmitt (Ed.)|first=Norbert|title=Formulaic Sequences in Action: An Introduction. In: Schmitt, Norbert (Ed.) Formulaic Sequences: Acquisition, Processing and Use|year=2004|publisher=Benjamins|location=Amsterdam|page=3}}</ref> | |||
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