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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... instantiate. More specifically: lexicon and grammar form a gradation consisting solely in assemblies of symbolic structures. An immediate consequence of this position is that all constructs validly posited for grammatical description ...
... instantiate. More specifically: lexicon and grammar form a gradation consisting solely in assemblies of symbolic structures. An immediate consequence of this position is that all constructs validly posited for grammatical description ...
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... instantiation. Still more abstractly, ring can mean 'circular object' (consider the rings in gymnastics) or even just 'circular entity' (e.g. the ring of dirt left around a bathtub). 4. Categorization is most broadly describable as the ...
... instantiation. Still more abstractly, ring can mean 'circular object' (consider the rings in gymnastics) or even just 'circular entity' (e.g. the ring of dirt left around a bathtub). 4. Categorization is most broadly describable as the ...
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... instantiations match the initial CV of the stem. In the Semitic languages, roots are traditionally described as ... instantiated by a specific nominal element: I craned my neck, She was craning her neck, Phil always cranes his neck, and ...
... instantiations match the initial CV of the stem. In the Semitic languages, roots are traditionally described as ... instantiated by a specific nominal element: I craned my neck, She was craning her neck, Phil always cranes his neck, and ...
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... instantiated, and the last fully specific: (6) Vs X in the Nb ® kick X in the shin ® kick my pet giraffe in the shin Third, symbolic assemblies vary in the extent to which they achieve the status of units and become conventional within ...
... instantiated, and the last fully specific: (6) Vs X in the Nb ® kick X in the shin ® kick my pet giraffe in the shin Third, symbolic assemblies vary in the extent to which they achieve the status of units and become conventional within ...
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... instantiate a schematic description representing their abstract commonality. For instance, the bipolar schema defining the noun class can be written as [[THING]/[...]], where [THING] specifies that a noun refers to a thing (in the most ...
... instantiate a schematic description representing their abstract commonality. For instance, the bipolar schema defining the noun class can be written as [[THING]/[...]], where [THING] specifies that a noun refers to a thing (in the most ...
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