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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... status of a definable area within the larger whole of language” (Harder 1996: 260). This erroneous statement betrays a double confusion. First, it confuses the definability of syntax with the existence of a clear and definite boundary ...
... status of a definable area within the larger whole of language” (Harder 1996: 260). This erroneous statement betrays a double confusion. First, it confuses the definability of syntax with the existence of a clear and definite boundary ...
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... status as a definable level of organization. One does not deny the existence of water molecules by analyzing them as consisting in a particular configuration of hydrogen and oxygen atoms. 1.2.2 What Is CG Really Like? Language is shaped ...
... status as a definable level of organization. One does not deny the existence of water molecules by analyzing them as consisting in a particular configuration of hydrogen and oxygen atoms. 1.2.2 What Is CG Really Like? Language is shaped ...
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... undergoes progressive entrenchment and eventually becomes established as a unit. Lexical items are expressions that have achieved the status of units for representative members of a speech community. 16 PRELIMINARIES.
... undergoes progressive entrenchment and eventually becomes established as a unit. Lexical items are expressions that have achieved the status of units for representative members of a speech community. 16 PRELIMINARIES.
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... status, whereas the overall expression has not. (2) ([[DOLLAR]/[dollar]] - [[LESS]/[less]] ) It is important to realize that unit status does not entail the absence or unimportance of components, merely the routinized nature of their ...
... status, whereas the overall expression has not. (2) ([[DOLLAR]/[dollar]] - [[LESS]/[less]] ) It is important to realize that unit status does not entail the absence or unimportance of components, merely the routinized nature of their ...
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... status of units and become conventional within a speech community.13 The first two structures in (6) are plausibly ascribed the status of conventional units in English, whereas the last one— taken as a whole—is surely novel. The ...
... status of units and become conventional within a speech community.13 The first two structures in (6) are plausibly ascribed the status of conventional units in English, whereas the last one— taken as a whole—is surely novel. The ...
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