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A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics VYVYAN EVANS
‘This Glossary is impressively exhaustive in its coverage. It will be an indispensable aid to students in linguistics and other disciplines who need to understand a theory which is now coming of age, and advanced researchers will also find it a useful companion both for reference and for helping to access original texts.’ Professor Chris Sinha, University of Portsmouth
‘Cognitive Linguistics is now developing rapidly, and, like all new fields, this one has developed its own technical meta-language. Anyone needing a jargon-free guide through this fascinating new terrain will find exactly what is needed in Vyv Evans’ joined-up explanations of the landmark concepts and theories. The Glossary is far more than an alphabetical list – it gives unity and coherence to the Cognitive Linguistics project.’ Professor Paul Chilton, University of Lancaster
TITLES IN THE SERIES INCLUDE Peter Trudgill A Glossary of Sociolinguistics 978 0 7486 1623 7 Jean Aitchison A Glossary of Language and Mind 978 0 7486 1824 8 Laurie Bauer A Glossary of Morphology 978 0 7486 1853 8 Alan Davies A Glossary of Applied Linguistics 978 0 7486 1854 5 Geoffrey Leech A Glossary of English Grammar 978 0 7486 1729 6 Paul Baker, Andrew Hardie and Tony McEnery A Glossary of Corpus Linguistics 978 0 7486 2018 0 Alan Cruse A Glossary of Semantics and Pragmatics 978 0 7486 2111 8 Philip Carr A Glossary of Phonology 978 0 7486 2234 4 Lyle Campbell and Mauricio J. Mixco A Glossary of Historical Linguistics 978 0 7486 2379 2
A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics Vyvyan Evans
Edinburgh University Press
This book is dedicated to Max and Isabella
© Vyvyan Evans, 2007 Edinburgh University Press Ltd 22 George Square, Edinburgh Typeset in Sabon by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester, and printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wilts A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7486 2279 5 (hardback) ISBN 978 0 7486 2280 1 (paperback) The right of Vyvyan Evans to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Contents
Preface
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Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics
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Annotated Further Reading
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Authors Mentioned
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Preface
About cognitive linguistics Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought that originally emerged in the early 1970s. It is also firmly rooted in the emergence of modern cognitive science in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in work relating to human categorisation, and in earlier traditions such as Gestalt psychology. Cognitive linguistics is primarily concerned with investigating the relationship between language, the mind and socio-physical experience. The earliest pioneers in cognitive linguistics were responding, in part, to dissatisfaction with formal approaches to language. Early research, especially in the 1970s, was dominated by a relatively small group of scholars based on the western seaboard of the United States. During the 1980s, cognitive linguistic research began to take root in northern continental Europe, particularly in Belgium, Holland and Germany. By the early 1990s, there was a growing proliferation of research in cognitive linguistics throughout Europe and North America, and a relatively large internationally distributed group of researchers who identified themselves as ‘cognitive linguists’. In 1989/1990, the International Cognitive Linguistics Society was established, together with the journal Cognitive Linguistics. In the words of Ronald Langacker ([1991] 2002: xv), this ‘marked the birth of cognitive linguistics as a broadly grounded, self conscious
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