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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... categorization) from which it cannot be segregated. Rather than constituting a distinct, self-contained entity (a separate “module” or “mental faculty”), language is viewed as an integral facet of cognition. As for CG in particular ...
... categorization) from which it cannot be segregated. Rather than constituting a distinct, self-contained entity (a separate “module” or “mental faculty”), language is viewed as an integral facet of cognition. As for CG in particular ...
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... categorization. 1. Stated most generally, association is simply the establishing of psychological connections with the potential to influence subsequent processing. It has numerous manifestations in CG. Here we need only recall the ...
... categorization. 1. Stated most generally, association is simply the establishing of psychological connections with the potential to influence subsequent processing. It has numerous manifestations in CG. Here we need only recall the ...
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... categorize another structure, B, which may then become a category member. Categorization is most straightforward when A is schematic for B, so that B elaborates or instantiates A. For this I use a solid arrow: A ® B. The arrow indicates ...
... categorize another structure, B, which may then become a category member. Categorization is most straightforward when A is schematic for B, so that B elaborates or instantiates A. For this I use a solid arrow: A ® B. The arrow indicates ...
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... categorization. By keeping our feet on the ground, this restriction assures both naturalness and theoretical austerity. Provision (i) of the content requirement imposes the symbolic view of grammar and grounds linguistic descriptions in ...
... categorization. By keeping our feet on the ground, this restriction assures both naturalness and theoretical austerity. Provision (i) of the content requirement imposes the symbolic view of grammar and grounds linguistic descriptions in ...
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... categorization are ascribable to the linguistic system in accordance with provision (iii): [[FLOWER] ® [TULIP]], [[HORSE-LIKE CREATURE] ® [DONKEY]]. Also permitted are relationships of semantic extension, such as [[HORSE] ---> [DONKEY]] ...
... categorization are ascribable to the linguistic system in accordance with provision (iii): [[FLOWER] ® [TULIP]], [[HORSE-LIKE CREATURE] ® [DONKEY]]. Also permitted are relationships of semantic extension, such as [[HORSE] ---> [DONKEY]] ...
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