Formulaic Sequences: Acquisition, Processing and Use
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- Authors
- Wood, D., & Schmitt, N.
- Affiliations
- Carleton University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Wood, David
- Venue
- TESOL Quarterly
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-06-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 457
- ISSN
- 0039-8322 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2154391246
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- 355
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- FWCI
- 20.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- TESOL Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Keywords
- formulaic language, language acquisition, language processing, second language acquisition
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