Aims and Objectives: In this paper, a novel approach to the distinction between borrowing code-switching is proposed, called Simple View of code-switching. Under view, listedness seen as key condition for classifying words or multiword units (MWUs) borrowings. For MWUs, operationalized with mutual information (MI) scores: higher MI score given set words, likelihood it listed in lexicon. View, s...

as a member of larger familyof formulaic sequences , lexical bundles play different discourse functions in written research articles. this study investigated the use of four-word lexical bundles in published research articles in medicine via natural language processing by computational linguistics. a corpus of 2,420,914 words was extracted from 790 research articles in 33 medical disciplines. f...

Languages have formulaic multiword sequences (MWSs) which occur repeatedly in speech and writing (e.g., Nattinger & DeCarrico, 1992; Siyanova-Chanturia Pellicer-Sánchez, 2018). For learners, then, the production of MWSs is an important element developing spoken language that complex, accurate, fluent. Though use for achieving proficiency, it unclear whether supports or hinders another aspect le...

Drawing on media economics and critical theory and political economy, this paper will provide a critical reading of the blockbuster video game. While blockbuster games are considered to be highly innovative by constantly pushing technological boundaries, they are also considered to be formulaic and its themes and game mechanics fairly predictable. The hit-driven nature of contemporary console p...

In the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), as in any other type interlanguage, phraseology contributes significantly to successful academic writing (Biber and Barbieri 2007). For particular learner varieties, such Romanian English, few studies have examined formulaic sequences (Hyland 2008), mainly focusing on lexico-grammatical patterns (Chitez 2012, 2014). The proposed paper investi...