Cognitive grammar / John R. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, John R., 1944-

Series:

Oxford textbooks in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

xii, 621 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

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 indepth 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. (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics)

Contents:

1 Cognitive Grammar and Cognitive Linguistics 3

2 Cognitive Grammar: An overview 20

3 The symbolic thesis 38

4 The symbolic thesis: Some questions and answers 61

5 Phonological structure in Cognitive Grammar 78

6 Semantic structure in Cognitive Grammar 96

7 Schema and instance 123

8 Schema and instance in phonology 143

9 Schema and instance in symbolic units 164

10 Meaning: Profile, base, and domain 186

11 Nominal and relational profiles 205

12 Syntagmatic relations: Combining semantic units 225

13 Syntagmatic relations in phonology 243

14 Morphology 265

15 Analysability and productivity 281

16 Schema competition 298

17 Kinds of symbolic units 323

Part 4 Nouns, Verbs, and Clauses 341

18 Nouns and nominals 343

19 Count nouns and mass nouns 366

20 Tense and aspect 389

21 Clause structure 413

22 Domains 439

23 Networks and complex categories 461

24 Metaphor: The Lakovian approach 487

25 Jackendoff and Langacker on 'go' 505

26 Alternatives to metaphor 519

27 Idioms, formulas, and fixed expressions 539

28 Constructions 561.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [593]-611) and indexes.

ISBN:

0198700334

OCLC:

50252058