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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... basis. On a personal level, this work brings closure to an initial phase of investigation that has stretched out for several decades. It has been a chance to refine and clarify my thoughts on many issues, to present them more ...
... basis. On a personal level, this work brings closure to an initial phase of investigation that has stretched out for several decades. It has been a chance to refine and clarify my thoughts on many issues, to present them more ...
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... Basis of Language Structure 457 13.2 Conceptual Substrate 463 13.3 Discourse Genres 477 13.4 Structure Building 486 Engaging the World 500 14.1 Dynamicity 500 14.2 Fictivity 524 14.3 Simulation and Subjectification 535 14.4 Mind ...
... Basis of Language Structure 457 13.2 Conceptual Substrate 463 13.3 Discourse Genres 477 13.4 Structure Building 486 Engaging the World 500 14.1 Dynamicity 500 14.2 Fictivity 524 14.3 Simulation and Subjectification 535 14.4 Mind ...
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... basis of an association or perceived similarity. A is then a prototype (at least locally), and B an extension from it. For this I use a dashed arrow: A ---> B. A possible example is (3)(b), the extension applying ring to rectangular ...
... basis of an association or perceived similarity. A is then a prototype (at least locally), and B an extension from it. For this I use a dashed arrow: A ---> B. A possible example is (3)(b), the extension applying ring to rectangular ...
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... basis of the physical, linguistic, social, and cultural context. Meaning is not localized but distributed, aspects of it inhering in the speech community, in the pragmatic circumstances of the speech event, and in the surrounding world ...
... basis of the physical, linguistic, social, and cultural context. Meaning is not localized but distributed, aspects of it inhering in the speech community, in the pragmatic circumstances of the speech event, and in the surrounding world ...
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... basis for negotiation. 2.1.2 What Are Meanings Made Of? Admitting that meaning resides. 3 Societal knowledge is also stored in books, databases, the design of artifacts, and so on, but ultimately these reduce to the activity of ...
... basis for negotiation. 2.1.2 What Are Meanings Made Of? Admitting that meaning resides. 3 Societal knowledge is also stored in books, databases, the design of artifacts, and so on, but ultimately these reduce to the activity of ...
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