Cognitive linguistics: an introduction / Vyvyan Evans and Melanie Green.

By: Evans, Vyvyan [author]
Contributor(s): Melanie Green
Language: English Publisher: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, c2006Description: xxvi, 830 pages: illustrations; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9780748618323; 0748618325Subject(s): DDC classification: 415
Contents:
pt. 1. Overview of the cognitive linguistics enterprise -- What does it mean to know a language? -- The nature of cognitive linguistics: assumptions and commitments -- Universals and variation in language, thought and experience -- Language in use: knowledge of language, language change and language acquisition -- pt. 2. Cognitive semantics -- What is cognitive semantics? -- Embodiment and conceptual structure -- The encyclopaedic view of meaning -- Categorisation and idealised cognitive models -- Metaphor and metonymy -- Word meaning and radical categories -- Meaning construction and mental spaces -- Conceptual blending -- Cognitive semantics in context -- pt. 3. Cognitive approaches to grammar -- What is a cognitive approach to grammar? -- The conceptual basis of grammar -- Cognitive grammar: word classes -- Cognitive grammar: constructions -- Cognitive grammar: tense, aspect, mood and voice -- Motivating a construction grammar -- The architecture of construction grammars -- Grammaticalisation -- Cognitive approaches to grammar in context -- pt. 4. Conclusion.
Summary: An authoritative general introduction to cognitive linguistics, this book provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field and sets in context recent developments within cognitive semantics and cognitive approaches to grammar.
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Includes bibiliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Overview of the cognitive linguistics enterprise --
What does it mean to know a language? --
The nature of cognitive linguistics: assumptions and commitments --
Universals and variation in language, thought and experience --
Language in use: knowledge of language, language change and language acquisition --
pt. 2. Cognitive semantics --
What is cognitive semantics? --
Embodiment and conceptual structure --
The encyclopaedic view of meaning --
Categorisation and idealised cognitive models --
Metaphor and metonymy --
Word meaning and radical categories --
Meaning construction and mental spaces --
Conceptual blending --
Cognitive semantics in context --
pt. 3. Cognitive approaches to grammar --
What is a cognitive approach to grammar? --
The conceptual basis of grammar --
Cognitive grammar: word classes --
Cognitive grammar: constructions --
Cognitive grammar: tense, aspect, mood and voice --
Motivating a construction grammar --
The architecture of construction grammars --
Grammaticalisation --
Cognitive approaches to grammar in context --
pt. 4. Conclusion.

An authoritative general introduction to cognitive linguistics, this book provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field and sets in context recent developments within cognitive semantics and cognitive approaches to grammar.

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