REGINA WEINERT’s research while affiliated with University of Hull and other places

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Publications (2)


The Role of Formulaic Language in Second Language Acquisition: A Review
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June 1995

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Applied Linguistics

REGINA WEINERT

The role of formulaic language has generally received only marginal attention within linguistic and second language acquisition theory While there has been continuing interest in the phenomenon, no coherent overall model has yet emerged. This paper provides an up-to-date survey of the second language literature on the role of formulaic language, drawing on a variety of approaches, and including reference to native language learning and use I consider three different functions of formulaic language, i e as communicative, production, and learning strategy, and discuss children as well as adults, naturalistic as well as classroom learning. The paper argues that the most urgent task is to address the theoretical and methodological difficulties surrounding the definition and identification of formulaic language and to place the study of formulaic language within a larger, coherent theoretical framework. It is suggested that this may only be possible by taking seriously theories which abandon strict boundaries between language knowledge and use


Some Effects of a Foreign Language Classroom on the Development of German Negation

March 1994

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Applied Linguistics

This paper investigates the development of German negation by 42 Scottish classroom learners aged 10–16. The purpose of the study is to establish whether there are any differences between naturalistic and classroom course of development which can be related to the nature of the classroom. In particular, we are interested in the effects of form-focused practice activities in the first few months of instruction which require learners to produce complex target-language forms which in naturalistic development emerge with frequency only at later stages. The results of our study suggest that learners are able to produce early complex target-like negation through memorization of complex forms in confined linguistic contexts. Target-like production decreases in linguistically more open contexts and over time, but there is some indication that a certain number of complex forms are retained and possibly used as a basis for extension of patterns. The results also suggest that the early production of complex forms leads to the first stage of naturalistic development being more or less skipped. A side-effect of formally constrained practice and emphasis on correct target-like production is the learners' reluctance to use communicative negative formulas. Finally, this paper raises a number of questions regarding the relationship between the memorization of complex forms and language development in classroom SLA on the one hand, and the renewed interest in the role of formulaic language in SLA in general.

Citations (2)


... Carrol et al., 2020;Conklin and Schmitt, 2012;N. A. Jiang et al., 2007;Schmitt, 2004;Siyanova-Chanturia, 2015;Underwood et al., 2004;Weinert, 1995). The functionality of this minimization of morphosyntactic processing and recombination effort is only given if it is not outweighed by the effort of selection. ...

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No three productions alike: Lexical variability, situated dynamics, and path dependence in task-based corpora
The Role of Formulaic Language in Second Language Acquisition: A Review
  • Citing Article
  • June 1995

Applied Linguistics

... Similarly, Long (1990) suggests that learners of different ages, with or without instruction, in foreign and second language settings, follow similar developmental sequences for such items as English negation. Some other research has also shown that learners who study L2 as a course go through the same developmental stages as children learn their L1 in respect of spontaneous language use, rather than metalinguistic knowledge (Ellis, 1989;Weinert, 1994). ...

Some Effects of a Foreign Language Classroom on the Development of German Negation
  • Citing Article
  • March 1994

Applied Linguistics