Abstract
Abstract Formulaic speech is a phenomenon which has received attention from various areas of linguistic research (e.g. sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, psycholinguistics). Within the field of language acquisition research, the main topic with regard to formulas has been their role for the development of syntactic knowledge. This study focusses on the function of formulas for the development of pragmatic abilities. Based on data from the naturalistic acquisition of L2 English by four German children, it is shown that learners not only use some formulas targetlike, but that they extend their range of application, and, moreover, that learner speech contains certain strings which, although not formulaic in the target, are used in a formulaic way.
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