This article focuses on the use of collocations in language learning research (LLR).
Collocations, as units of formulaic language, are becoming prominent in our understanding …

Formulaic language is at the heart of corpus linguistic research, and learner corpus research
(LCR) is no exception. As multiword units of all kinds (eg, collocations, phrasal verbs …

The present study investigates the use of English verb‐noun collocations in the writing of
native speakers of Hebrew at three proficiency levels. For this purpose, we compiled a …

This paper adopts an automated frequency-driven approach to identify frequently-used word
combinations (ie, lexical bundles) in academic writing. Lexical bundles retrieved from one …

This article describes the development and evaluation of the Academic Collocation List
(ACL), which was compiled from the written curricular component of the Pearson …

My first encounters with formulaic language date back to the mid 1990s during my time as a
teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) …

This article reports on the first results of a large-scale research programme that aims to
define and circumscribe the construct of phraseological complexity and to theoretically and …

The focus of this article is L2 collocational research. Collocations, ie frequently recurring two-
to-three word syntagmatic units (eg soft noise, tolerance for) are a subset of formulaic …

This volume provides an important contribution to the study of vocabulary and its
relationship to English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research and teaching. Focussing on …

In this article we explore the relationship between learner corpus and second language
acquisition research. We begin by considering the origins of learner corpus research, noting …