formulaicness
English
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editformulaicness (uncountable)
- the state or condition of being formulaic; following a formula or predictable pattern
- 1997, Egbert J. BAKKER, Ahuvia Kahane, Written Voices, Spoken Signs: Tradition, Performance, and the Epic Text[1]:
- "In medieval literary studies the discussion of "transitional texts" has referred particularly to the pervading formulaicness of vernacular poetry."