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Formulaic language

Formulaic language (previously known as automatic speech or embolalia) is a linguistic term for verbal expressions that are fixed in form, often non-literal in meaning, with attitudinal nuances, and closely related to communicative-pragmatic context.

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Formulaic language

Nodes30
Edges29
Triples17
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
Components1

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Formulaic language

Top relations

related to Communicative goals · 8
Formulaic language → Another, Clark, Foxtree, Instead, Speakers, Uh, Um, With
related to Comprehension cues · 6
Formulaic language → As, In, There, Thus, When, While

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Important terminology

words language formulaic speech use fillers pauses found filled speakers considered used may study often also information listeners aphasia cognitive

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
fillersinstance oflow frequency content words and those rated as contextually improbable were preceded by hesitations0.80text
fillers can help listeners to identify upcoming words.While formulaic language can serve as a useful cue that more is to comeinstance ofspeech disfluencies0.80text
some people do develop an unconscious dependence on these filler wordsinstance ofspeech disfluencies0.80text
Formulaic languagerelated to Communicative goalsClark0.60section
Formulaic languagerelated to Communicative goalsFoxtree0.60section
Formulaic languagerelated to Communicative goalsInstead0.60section
Formulaic languagerelated to Communicative goalsSpeakers0.60section
Formulaic languagerelated to Communicative goalsUh0.60section
Formulaic languagerelated to Communicative goalsUm0.60section
Formulaic languagerelated to Communicative goalsAnother0.60section
Formulaic languagerelated to Communicative goalsWith0.60section
Formulaic languagerelated to Comprehension cuesThere0.60section

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