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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... cognitive and functional linguistics. Few would disagree that semantic and functional considerations constrain and motivate grammatical structure but do not completely determine it—speakers still have to learn the specific patterns of ...
... cognitive and functional linguistics. Few would disagree that semantic and functional considerations constrain and motivate grammatical structure but do not completely determine it—speakers still have to learn the specific patterns of ...
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... Cognitive Grammar belongs to the wider movement known as cognitive linguistics, which in turn is part of the functional tradition. Besides CG, important strands of cognitive linguistics include construction grammar, metaphor theory, the ...
... Cognitive Grammar belongs to the wider movement known as cognitive linguistics, which in turn is part of the functional tradition. Besides CG, important strands of cognitive linguistics include construction grammar, metaphor theory, the ...
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... cognitive linguistics stands out by resisting the imposition of boundaries between language and other psychological phenomena. Insofar as possible, linguistic structure is seen as drawing on other, more basic systems and abilities (e.g. ...
... cognitive linguistics stands out by resisting the imposition of boundaries between language and other psychological phenomena. Insofar as possible, linguistic structure is seen as drawing on other, more basic systems and abilities (e.g. ...
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... cognitive, and sociocultural grounding. Cognitive and functional linguists find that virtually everything in language is motivated in such terms (even if very little is strictly predictable). A third principle, patience, amounts to the ...
... cognitive, and sociocultural grounding. Cognitive and functional linguists find that virtually everything in language is motivated in such terms (even if very little is strictly predictable). A third principle, patience, amounts to the ...
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... cognition. The central role accorded to them is one aspect of CG's psychological plausibility. They also illustrate ... cognitive processes. The phenomena in question are association, automatization, schematization, and categorization ...
... cognition. The central role accorded to them is one aspect of CG's psychological plausibility. They also illustrate ... cognitive processes. The phenomena in question are association, automatization, schematization, and categorization ...
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