The formulaic schema in the minds of two generations of native speakers

Schemata are expressions that are fixed except for slots available for novel words (I’m not a ____ person). Our goals were to quantify speakers’ knowledge, examine semantic flexibility in open slots, and compare performance data in two generations of speakers using cloze procedures in formulaic expr...

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Main Authors: Diana Van Lancker Sidtis, Krista Cameron, Kelly Bridges, John J. Sidtis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Ampersand
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039015000053