This book introduces the field of cognitive linguistics, presenting its theoretical foundations and the arguments supporting it.
The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics provides a comprehensive introduction and essential reference work to cognitive linguistics.
He drove home to his hotel room. 2.13. Nesting: An interaction of categories A number of what can be considered “meta-properties” govern the behavior of categories of grammatical notions, in general and with respect to one another.
The books are designed for students of linguistics and those who are studying language as part of a wider course. Cognitive Linguistics explores the idea that language reflects our experience of the world.
The book covers all aspects of the relationship between language and mind, as well as applications and extensions of cignitive linguistics to the study of text, literature, discourse, and society
The book looks at key concepts, such as embodiment, salience, entrenchment, construal, categorization, and collaborative communication, and discusses their genesis and implications for cognitive linguistic research.
This theory received its impetus from Goldberg (1995), a seminal work that has sparked several research programs. Construction Grammar dispenses with virtually all the apparatus of generative syntax, arguing that phrase structure and ...
The book is divided into five sections. Methods and Motivations provides the reader with the preliminary background in scientific methodology and statistics.
The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics presents a comprehensive overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive/theoretical models of cognitive linguistics, and covers its various subfields - theoretical as well as applied.
The key topics discussed in this book illustrate the breadth of cognitive linguistic research and include semantic typology, space, fictive motion, argument structure constructions, and prototype effects in grammar.
In M. Barlow and S. Kemmer (Eds), Usage-based Models of Language. Stanford, CA: CSLI, pp. ... In J. Bybee and P. Hopper (Eds), Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure. ... Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language.