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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... identified as the conceptualization associated with linguistic expressions. This may seem obvious, but in fact it runs counter to standard doctrine. A conceptual view of meaning is usually rejected either as being insular—entailing ...
... identified as the conceptualization associated with linguistic expressions. This may seem obvious, but in fact it runs counter to standard doctrine. A conceptual view of meaning is usually rejected either as being insular—entailing ...
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... identified with those circumstances. So defined, an expression's meaning resides in the conceptualizing activity of individual speakers. But does a single individual really ever know an expression's meaning? One objection is that ...
... identified with those circumstances. So defined, an expression's meaning resides in the conceptualizing activity of individual speakers. But does a single individual really ever know an expression's meaning? One objection is that ...
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... identified with concepts but with conceptualization, the term being chosen precisely to highlight its dynamic nature. Conceptualization is broadly defined to encompass any facet of mental experience. It is understood as subsuming (1) ...
... identified with concepts but with conceptualization, the term being chosen precisely to highlight its dynamic nature. Conceptualization is broadly defined to encompass any facet of mental experience. It is understood as subsuming (1) ...
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... identified per se as image schemas (which are patterns of mental activity) but are merely intended to evoke them and suggest their nature. 7All the notions cited are described semantically in later chapters 32 PRELIMINARIES.
... identified per se as image schemas (which are patterns of mental activity) but are merely intended to evoke them and suggest their nature. 7All the notions cited are described semantically in later chapters 32 PRELIMINARIES.
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... identified as the expression's linguistic meaning? Or as the question is usually posed, which facets of it belong to semantics (reflecting the language per se) and which are better left for pragmatics? The traditional position, that ...
... identified as the expression's linguistic meaning? Or as the question is usually posed, which facets of it belong to semantics (reflecting the language per se) and which are better left for pragmatics? The traditional position, that ...
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