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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... example, the basic sense of ring—roughly 'circular piece of jewelry worn on the finger'—is schematic relative to the conception of specific rings in specific contexts, which vary in such details as size, material, identity of the wearer ...
... example, the basic sense of ring—roughly 'circular piece of jewelry worn on the finger'—is schematic relative to the conception of specific rings in specific contexts, which vary in such details as size, material, identity of the wearer ...
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... example is (3)(b), the extension applying ring to rectangular arenas, as used in boxing. 1.3.2 Lexicon and Grammar If lexicon resides in assemblies of symbolic structures, can we say the same for grammar? Not according to the current ...
... example is (3)(b), the extension applying ring to rectangular arenas, as used in boxing. 1.3.2 Lexicon and Grammar If lexicon resides in assemblies of symbolic structures, can we say the same for grammar? Not according to the current ...
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... example, a stock example. According to standard linguistic doctrine, many of these are excluded from the linguistic system on grounds of being semantically and grammatically regular (hence derivable by rules). Their exclusion is ...
... example, a stock example. According to standard linguistic doctrine, many of these are excluded from the linguistic system on grounds of being semantically and grammatically regular (hence derivable by rules). Their exclusion is ...
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... examples further show that the different components of a complex symbolic assembly can be schematic to varying degrees ... example, once abstracted to represent the commonality of fixed expressions like moonless night, childless couple ...
... examples further show that the different components of a complex symbolic assembly can be schematic to varying degrees ... example, once abstracted to represent the commonality of fixed expressions like moonless night, childless couple ...
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... example, might be mentally represented by something comparable to the following formula (Jackendoff 1983): (2) ... example, decompose into propositions in the manner of fig. 1.1(a)? 6Johnson 1987; Lakoff 1987, 1990; Hampe 2005. Examples ...
... example, might be mentally represented by something comparable to the following formula (Jackendoff 1983): (2) ... example, decompose into propositions in the manner of fig. 1.1(a)? 6Johnson 1987; Lakoff 1987, 1990; Hampe 2005. Examples ...
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