◊ formulaic expression

• know from ‣ Goethe DLL
  • according to them, also overlap with collocation (at least sounds like it)
• see also pragmatic routine

Dazu zählen z.B. Phraseologismus, Redewendung, komplexe Einheit, Chunk oder auch Wortverbindung, Phrasem, Kollokation, Nomen-Verb-Verbindung, Idiom, Routineformel, Funktionsverbgefüge, Sprichwort, geflügeltes Wort und vieles mehr.

— ‣ Goethe DLL with synonyms

• ~ formulaic expressions are rarely taught
• ~ formulaic expressions have variable and fixed parts
• ~ test learners ability to correctly apply (or not apply) a given formulaic expression