Cognitive Grammar

Cognitive Grammar offers a radical alternative to mainstream linguistic theories. This book introduces the theory in clear, non-technical language, relates it to current debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and applies it to in-depth analyses of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Study questions and suggestions for further reading accompany each of the main chapters.

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Journal of Child Language Cognitive Grammar is quite an achievement. The book introduces the main aspects of the theory in a clear, concise and congenial manner ... a cohesive and comprehensive account of an approach to linguistic theory which places language within the broader realm of cognition.

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PART 1 BACKGROUND; 1. Cognitive Grammar and Cognitive Linguistics; 2. Cognitive Grammar: An Overview; 3. The Symbolic Thesis; 4. The Symbolic Thesis: Some Questions and Answers; 5. Phonological Structure in Cognitive Grammar; 6. Semantic Structure in Cognitive Grammar; PART 2 BASIC CONCEPTS; 7. Schema and Instance; 8. Schema and Instance in Phonology; 9. Schema and Instance in Symbolic Units; 10. Meaning: Profile, Base, and Domain; 11. Nominal and Relational Profiles; 12. Syntagmatic Relations: Combining Semantic Units; 13. Syntagmatic Relations in Phonology; PART 3 MORPHOLOGY; 14. Morphology; 15. Analysability and Productivity; 16. Schema Competition; 17. Kinds of Symbolic Units; PART 4 NOUNS, VERBS, AND CLAUSES; 18. Nouns and Nominals; 19. Count nouns and Mass nouns; 20. Tense and Aspect; 21. Clause Structure; PART 5 MORE ON MEANING; 22. Domains; 23. Networks and Complex Categories; PART 6 APPROACHES TO METAPHOR; 24. Metaphor: The Lakovian Approach; 25. Jackendorff and Langacker on 'Go'; 26. Alternatives to Metaphor; PART 7 IDIOMS AND CONSTRUCTIONS; 27. Idioms, Formulas, and Fixed Expressions; 28. Constructions; References

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