Cognitive Linguistics In The Redwoods: The Expansion Of A New Paradigm In Linguistics

Cognitive Linguistics in the Redwoods W Cognitive Linguistics Research 6 Editors René Dirven Ronald W. Langacker John R. Taylor Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York Cognitive Linguistics in the Redwoods The Expansion of a New Paradigm in Linguistics Edited by Eugene H. Casad 1996 Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York Mouton de Gruyter (formely Mouton, The Hague) is a Division of Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin © Printed on acid-free paper which falls within the guidelines of the ANSI to ensure permanence and durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cognitive linguistics in the redwoods : the expansion of a new paradigm in linguistics / edited by Eugene H. Casad p. cm. - (Cognitive linguistics research ; 6) Rev. papers originally presented at the general sessions of the 2nd International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, which was held July 2 9 - A u g . 2, 1991, University of California, Santa Cruz. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 3-11-014358-5 1. Cognitive grammar. I. Casad, Eugene H. II. International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (2nd : 1991 : University of California, Santa Cruz). III. Series. P165.C645 1995 415-dc20 95-34480 CIP Die Deutsche Bibliothek — Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cognitive linguistics in the redwoods : the expansion of a new paradigm in linguistics / [2nd International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, which was held July 2 9 - A u g . 2, 1991, University of California, Santa Cruz]. Ed. by Eugene H. Casad. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1995 (Cognitive linguistics research ; 6) ISBN 3-11-014358-5 NE: Casad, Eugene H. [Hrsg.]; International Cognitive Linguistics Conference ; G T © Copyright 1995 by Walter de Gruyter & Co., D-10785 Berlin All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printing: Gerike GmbH, Berlin Binding: Lüderitz & Bauer, Berlin Printed in Germany Preface This volume would never have been possible without the willing and enthusiastic support of both the authors who wrote the papers that appear here and the colleagues who refereed them. I am deeply indebted to each of them. The authors have delighted my heart by their vote of confidence in me as first shown by their contributing papers to this volume and then by their revising those papers on the basis of comments generously given by the referees, both those on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Series of Monographs on Cognitive Linguistics Research as well as those with other affiliations on whom I called for assistance. I extend my deepest gratitude to each of the following who read one or more papers for me: John Barnden, Bill Bright, Ken Cook, Claudia Brugman, Paul Deane, Nicole Delbecque, René Dirven, Wolfgang Dressier, Gilles Fauconnier, Dirk Geeraerts, Ray Gibbs, Louis Goossens, Joe Grimes, Gottfried Graustein, Bruce Hawkins, Dick Hudson, Yoshihiko Ikegami, Laura Janda, Zoltán Kövecses, Thomas Krzeszowski, Adrienne Lehrer, Odo Leys, Suzanne Kemmer, Ludo Melis, Peter Mühlhäusler, Brygida Rudzka-Ostyn, Gary Palmer, Mava Jo Powell, Günter Radden, John Rager, Sally Rice, Paul Saka, Rainer Schulze, Mike Smith, Elzbieta Tabakowska, John Taylor, Sandra Thompson, David Tuggy, Mark Turner, Willy Van Langendonck, Claude Vandeloise, James Watters, Anna Wierzbicka, and Margaret Winters. Their judgments almost always reinforced my own, and, more importantly, without their assistance, I could not have made the decisions that I did. Beyond these, I would like to mention four other people