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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... Semantics 27 2.1 Meaning and Semantic Representations 27 2.2 Conceptual Content 43 3 Construal 55 3.1 Specificity 55 3.2 Focusing 57 3.3 Prominence 66 3.4 Perspective 73 3.5 Evidence for Semantic Claims 85 Part II Fundamentals 4 ...
... Semantics 27 2.1 Meaning and Semantic Representations 27 2.2 Conceptual Content 43 3 Construal 55 3.1 Specificity 55 3.2 Focusing 57 3.3 Prominence 66 3.4 Perspective 73 3.5 Evidence for Semantic Claims 85 Part II Fundamentals 4 ...
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... semantic description is thus a major source of insight about our mental world and its construction. Grammatical meanings prove especially revealing in this respect. Since they tend to be abstract, their essential import residing in ...
... semantic description is thus a major source of insight about our mental world and its construction. Grammatical meanings prove especially revealing in this respect. Since they tend to be abstract, their essential import residing in ...
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... semantic characterization. Moreover, the reigning theoretical orthodoxy claims that syntax is autonomous: that it constitutes a separate linguistic “module” or “component”, distinct from both lexicon and semantics, whose description ...
... semantic characterization. Moreover, the reigning theoretical orthodoxy claims that syntax is autonomous: that it constitutes a separate linguistic “module” or “component”, distinct from both lexicon and semantics, whose description ...
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... semantic representation proposed in CG is ever considered exhaustive. For reasons outlined in chapter 2, complete semantic descriptions cannot realistically be envisaged. Any actual description must limit itself to facets of the total ...
... semantic representation proposed in CG is ever considered exhaustive. For reasons outlined in chapter 2, complete semantic descriptions cannot realistically be envisaged. Any actual description must limit itself to facets of the total ...
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... semantic structure is claimed to be entirely visual or spatial in nature. A related misconception is that CG can only deal with visuospatial notions. On the contrary, the essential constructs proposed for semantic description (e.g. ...
... semantic structure is claimed to be entirely visual or spatial in nature. A related misconception is that CG can only deal with visuospatial notions. On the contrary, the essential constructs proposed for semantic description (e.g. ...
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