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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... represents the danger of being criticized for breaking arcane rules they can never quite keep straight. In foreign-language instruction, grammar is often presented through mechanical exercises, the learning of irregularities, and the ...
... represents the danger of being criticized for breaking arcane rules they can never quite keep straight. In foreign-language instruction, grammar is often presented through mechanical exercises, the learning of irregularities, and the ...
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... represents an irreducible syntactic primitive, lacking intrinsic semantic content, than to propose a conceptual ... represent their meanings. An autonomous form of grammatical description is more easily extended to a new language or a. 8 ...
... represents an irreducible syntactic primitive, lacking intrinsic semantic content, than to propose a conceptual ... represent their meanings. An autonomous form of grammatical description is more easily extended to a new language or a. 8 ...
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... represents the kind of theory linguists ought to be seeking. First, it is natural in several respects. Moreover, it offers both conceptual unification and theoretical austerity, properties considered desirable in other 14 PRELIMINARIES ...
... represents the kind of theory linguists ought to be seeking. First, it is natural in several respects. Moreover, it offers both conceptual unification and theoretical austerity, properties considered desirable in other 14 PRELIMINARIES ...
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... represents a fundamental conceptual unification. 1.3.1 Symbolic Complexity Semantic structures are ... represented by the outer box.11 These lower-level and higher-level structures constitute a symbolic assembly. Of course,. figure 1.2 ...
... represents a fundamental conceptual unification. 1.3.1 Symbolic Complexity Semantic structures are ... represented by the outer box.11 These lower-level and higher-level structures constitute a symbolic assembly. Of course,. figure 1.2 ...
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... represents an adjective + noun combination, bury the hatchet consists of a verb and its noun phrase object, while A ... representing usual ways of conveying certain notions. These conventional expressions can be of any size and ...
... represents an adjective + noun combination, bury the hatchet consists of a verb and its noun phrase object, while A ... representing usual ways of conveying certain notions. These conventional expressions can be of any size and ...
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