Cognitive Grammar: A Basic IntroductionOxford University Press, 2008 M02 4 - 584 páginas This book fills a long standing need for a basic introduction to Cognitive Grammar that is current, authoritative, comprehensive, and approachable. It presents a synthesis that draws together and refines the descriptive and theoretical notions developed in this framework over the course of three decades. In a unified manner, it accommodates both the conceptual and the social-interactive basis of linguistic structure, as well as the need for both functional explanation and explicit structural description. Starting with the fundamentals, essential aspects of the theory are systematically laid out with concrete illustrations and careful discussion of their rationale. Among the topics surveyed are conceptual semantics, grammatical classes, grammatical constructions, the lexicon-grammar continuum characterized as assemblies of symbolic structures (form-meaning pairings), and the usage-based account of productivity, restrictions, and well-formedness. The theory's central claim - that grammar is inherently meaningful - is thereby shown to be viable. The framework is further elucidated through application to nominal structure, clause structure, and complex sentences. These are examined in broad perspective, with exemplification from English and numerous other languages. In line with the theory's general principles, they are discussed not only in terms of their structural characterization, but also their conceptual value and functional motivation. Other matters explored include discourse, the temporal dimension of language structure, and what grammar reveals about cognitive processes and the construction of our mental world. |
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... actual circumstances. Finally, these phenomena exemplify the diverse array of mental constructions that help us deal with—and in large measure constitute—the world we live in and talk about. It is a world of extraordinary richness ...
... actual circumstances. Finally, these phenomena exemplify the diverse array of mental constructions that help us deal with—and in large measure constitute—the world we live in and talk about. It is a world of extraordinary richness ...
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... actual description must limit itself to facets of the total meaning that are either central or relevant for a specific immediate purpose. If they are principled, linguistically revealing, and empirically supported, even partial ...
... actual description must limit itself to facets of the total meaning that are either central or relevant for a specific immediate purpose. If they are principled, linguistically revealing, and empirically supported, even partial ...
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... actual intent of these diagrams is rather more modest: to allow certain facets of conceptual organization to be represented in a format that is both user-friendly and explicit enough to serve as a basis for semantic and grammatical ...
... actual intent of these diagrams is rather more modest: to allow certain facets of conceptual organization to be represented in a format that is both user-friendly and explicit enough to serve as a basis for semantic and grammatical ...
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... actual physical implementation. It is thus coherent to posit abstract (“schematic”) phonological structures which, per se, cannot be overtly manifested. 11To simplify these initial diagrams, the semantic and phonological poles of higher ...
... actual physical implementation. It is thus coherent to posit abstract (“schematic”) phonological structures which, per se, cannot be overtly manifested. 11To simplify these initial diagrams, the semantic and phonological poles of higher ...
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... actual pronunciations and contextual understandings) on the basis of which they are learned. For example, the basic sense of ring—roughly 'circular piece of jewelry worn on the finger'—is schematic relative to the conception of specific ...
... actual pronunciations and contextual understandings) on the basis of which they are learned. For example, the basic sense of ring—roughly 'circular piece of jewelry worn on the finger'—is schematic relative to the conception of specific ...
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