Table of Contents

Contents:Part I:Overview of the Cognitive Linguistics Enterprise. What Does It Mean to Know a Language? The Nature of Cognitive Linguistics: Assumptions and Commitments. Universals and Variation in Language, Thought, and Experience. Language in Use: Knowledge of Language, Language Change, and Language Acquisition. Part II:Cognitive Semantics. What Is Cognitive Semantics? Embodiment and Conceptual Structure. The Encyclopaedic View of Meaning. Categorisation and Idealised Cognitive Models. Metaphor and Metonymy. Word Meaning and Radial Categories. Meaning Construction and Mental Spaces. Conceptual Blending. Cognitive Semantics in Context. Part III:Cognitive Approaches to Grammar. What Is a Cognitive Approach to Grammar? The Conceptual Basis of Grammar. Cognitive Grammar: Word Classes. Cognitive Grammar: Constructions. Cognitive Grammar: Tense, Aspect, Mood, and Voice. Motivating a Construction Grammar. The Architecture of Construction Grammars. Grammaticalisation. Cognitive Approaches to Grammar in Context. Part IV:Conclusion. Assessing the Cognitive Linguistics Enterprise.

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Vyvyan Evans, Melanie Green

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“Its breadth is unparalleled; the incorporation of exercises is a definite strength as well.”
—Cognitive Linguistics"An extremely valuable introduction to the increasing field of cognitive linguistics. The reader is made familiar with the basic principles that underlie the cognitive enterprise and with the vast range of approaches within this field."- CONSTRUCTIONS"The book offers a thorough, well-organized, clearly-written and engaging overview of cognitive linguistics which makes it suitable to serve as a textbook or as a reference tool."- International Cognitive Linguistics Association"I whole-heartedly congratulate Evans & Green for their laborious work
and, accordingly, recommend it to be used as a textbook."-Dinha T. Gorgis, LINGUIST LIST