The Cognitive Linguistics Reader (advances In Cognitive Linguistics)
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Cognitive Linguistics is the most rapidly expanding school in modern Linguistics. It aims to create a scientific approach to the study of language, incorporating the tools of philosophy, neuroscience and computer science. Cognitive approaches to language were initially based on philosophical thinking about the mind, but more recent work emphasizes the importance of convergent evidence from a broad empirical and methodological base. The Cognitive Linguistics Reader brings together the key writings of the last two decades, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. The essays and articles - selected to represent the full range, scope and diversity of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise - are grouped by theme into sections with each section separately introduced. The book opens with a broad overview of Cognitive Linguistics designed for the introductory reader and closes with detailed further reading to guide the reader through the proliferating literature.
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Year: 2,007
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Pages: 988
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Pages In File: 988
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Language: English
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Identifier: 1845531094,9781845531096
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Ddc: 415
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Lcc: P165 .C6454 2007
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Toc: Title Page......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Preface......Page 13 1 The cognitive linguistics enterprise: an overview......Page 16 Section 2 Empirical methods in cognitive linguistics......Page 51 2 Why congnitive linguists should care more about empirical methods......Page 54 3 Towards an empirical lexical semantics......Page 71 4 Collostrucitons: investigating the interaction of words and constructions......Page 89 5 Conceptual intergration and metaphor: an event-related potential study......Page 120 Section 3......Page 139 6 Cognitive models and prototype theory......Page 144 7 Where does prototypicality come from?......Page 182 8 Reconsidering prepositional polysemy networks: the case of over......Page 200 9 Frame semantics......Page 252 Section 4......Page 277 10 The contemporary theory of metaphor......Page 281 11 A typology of motivation for conceptual metaphor: correlation vs. resemblance......Page 330 12 Towards a theory of metonymy......Page 349 13 Conceputal integration networds......Page 374 14 Blending and metaphor......Page 434 Section 5......Page 455 15 An introduction to cognitive grammar......Page 458 16 The relation of grammar to cognition......Page 495 17 Regularity and idiomaticity in grammatical constructions: the case of let alone......Page 559 18 Constructions: a new theoretical approach to langauge......Page 603 19 Embodied construction grammar in simulation-based language understanding......Page 615 20 Logical and typological arguments for radical construction grammar......Page 652 Section 6......Page 689 21 Force dynamics in language and cognition......Page 694 22 How we conceptualise time: language, meaning and temporal cognition......Page 747 23 How language structures space......Page 780 Section 7......Page 845 25 Space under construction: language-specific spatial categorization in first language acquisition......Page 863 26 Does langauge shape thought? Mandarin and English speakers' conceptions of time......Page