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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... Discourse 457 13.1 The 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 ...
... Discourse 457 13.1 The 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 ...
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... discourse-pragmatics, see Hopper and Thompson 1980; Givón 1983; DuBois 1987; Chafe 1994; Lambrecht 1994; Verhagen 2005. For grammaticalization, see Traugott 1982, 1988; Heine, Claudi, and Hünnemeyer 1991; Heine 1997; Hopper and Traugott ...
... discourse-pragmatics, see Hopper and Thompson 1980; Givón 1983; DuBois 1987; Chafe 1994; Lambrecht 1994; Verhagen 2005. For grammaticalization, see Traugott 1982, 1988; Heine, Claudi, and Hünnemeyer 1991; Heine 1997; Hopper and Traugott ...
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... discourse motivation for aspects of clause structure) has been a basic occupation of functional investigation. While each higher level in the pyramid logically presupposes the lower ones, in practice research at the three levels must ...
... discourse motivation for aspects of clause structure) has been a basic occupation of functional investigation. While each higher level in the pyramid logically presupposes the lower ones, in practice research at the three levels must ...
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... discourse and social interaction. Rather than being fixed and predetermined, they are actively negotiated by interlocutors on the basis of the physical, linguistic, social, and cultural context. Meaning is not localized but distributed ...
... discourse and social interaction. Rather than being fixed and predetermined, they are actively negotiated by interlocutors on the basis of the physical, linguistic, social, and cultural context. Meaning is not localized but distributed ...
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... discourse. Though frequently made, this accusation is groundless. In the first place, meaning is not identified with concepts but with conceptualization, the term being chosen precisely to highlight its dynamic nature. Conceptualization ...
... discourse. Though frequently made, this accusation is groundless. In the first place, meaning is not identified with concepts but with conceptualization, the term being chosen precisely to highlight its dynamic nature. Conceptualization ...
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