Phraseology is present in some form or other in all language fields and yet – or perhaps because of that/as a result – it has

3. Conclusion

The existence of two widely different approaches to phraseology is an undeniable asset for a field whose importance is now universally acknowledged. SLA theoreticians and practitioners have all the necessary ingredients – a solid theoretical apparatus, large native and learner corpora and powerful extraction tools - to integrate phraseology more solidly into SLA theory and teaching practice. It is to be hoped that they will avail themselves of these resources so that phraseology can at long last have the place it deserves in language education.

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