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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... apprehend and engage the world. And instead of being a distinct and self-contained cognitive system, grammar is not ... apprehension of the physical, social, and linguistic context. On the other hand, an expression imposes a particular ...
... apprehend and engage the world. And instead of being a distinct and self-contained cognitive system, grammar is not ... apprehension of the physical, social, and linguistic context. On the other hand, an expression imposes a particular ...
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... apprehended, in the sense that we hear or produce the sounds of a usage event and understand it in a certain way. They also have intrinsic content related to broader realms of experience—the sounds of speech represent a particular class ...
... apprehended, in the sense that we hear or produce the sounds of a usage event and understand it in a certain way. They also have intrinsic content related to broader realms of experience—the sounds of speech represent a particular class ...
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... apprehension of the circumstances, and exploits the meaning potential they carry, but cannot be identified with those circumstances. So defined, an expression's meaning resides in the conceptualizing activity of individual speakers. But ...
... apprehension of the circumstances, and exploits the meaning potential they carry, but cannot be identified with those circumstances. So defined, an expression's meaning resides in the conceptualizing activity of individual speakers. But ...
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... apprehension of the physical, linguistic, social, and cultural context; and (4) conceptions that develop and unfold through processing time (rather than being simultaneously manifested). So even if “concepts” are taken as being static ...
... apprehension of the physical, linguistic, social, and cultural context; and (4) conceptions that develop and unfold through processing time (rather than being simultaneously manifested). So even if “concepts” are taken as being static ...
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... apprehended instantaneously; more likely it unfolds on a clause-by-clause basis, there being no instant when all facets of it are simultaneously active and accessible. Conceptualization is dynamic in the sense that it unfolds through ...
... apprehended instantaneously; more likely it unfolds on a clause-by-clause basis, there being no instant when all facets of it are simultaneously active and accessible. Conceptualization is dynamic in the sense that it unfolds through ...
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