International Journal of Linguistics & Communication

Formulaic Language: An Analytical Review
Siping Liu

Abstract
This paper intends to give an analytical review of formulaic language. First, a brief review is made on various definitions and identification of formulaic language, a topic that has remained unsettled to date. Next, another topic --- transferability of unanalysed chunks to analytical competence will follow. As this topic has aroused heated discussion in the literature, one section will be spared to it for some detailed coverage. The last section, under the title of rationale and functions, is devoted to various features of formulaic language, which are elaborated in several subsections.

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