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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... single text. A second collection of this sort is Grammar and Conceptualization (Langacker 1999a). For ease of reference, these four books are cited here as FCG1, FCG2, CIS, and GC. First proposed as a radical alternative to the theories ...
... single text. A second collection of this sort is Grammar and Conceptualization (Langacker 1999a). For ease of reference, these four books are cited here as FCG1, FCG2, CIS, and GC. First proposed as a radical alternative to the theories ...
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... single symbolic relationship, as in (a). Corresponding to diagrams (a), (b), and (c) would be a series of expressions such as moon, moonless, and moonless night. Using hyphens for combinatory relationships, we can represent these ...
... single symbolic relationship, as in (a). Corresponding to diagrams (a), (b), and (c) would be a series of expressions such as moon, moonless, and moonless night. Using hyphens for combinatory relationships, we can represent these ...
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... single words and multiword sequences. 1.3.4 The Content Requirement Compared with the descriptive machinery routinely invoked in other frameworks, CG is quite conservative and highly restrictive in what it allows the analyst to posit ...
... single words and multiword sequences. 1.3.4 The Content Requirement Compared with the descriptive machinery routinely invoked in other frameworks, CG is quite conservative and highly restrictive in what it allows the analyst to posit ...
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... single speaker's head. The static, insular view ascribed to cognitive semantics is deemed incapable of handling the dynamic, intersubjective, context-dependent nature of meaning construction in actual discourse. In and of itself, the ...
... single speaker's head. The static, insular view ascribed to cognitive semantics is deemed incapable of handling the dynamic, intersubjective, context-dependent nature of meaning construction in actual discourse. In and of itself, the ...
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... single mind—is likewise untenable. But provided that some subtle but crucial distinctions are made, I find it reasonable to say that a single speaker grasps an expression's meaning. We must first distinguish between, on the one hand ...
... single mind—is likewise untenable. But provided that some subtle but crucial distinctions are made, I find it reasonable to say that a single speaker grasps an expression's meaning. We must first distinguish between, on the one hand ...
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