Cognitive English grammar / Gunter Radden, Rene Dirven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radden, Günter.

Contributor:

Dirven, René.

Series:

Cognitive linguistics in practice ; v. 2.

Cognitive linguistics in practice, 1388-6231 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar.

English language.

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

xiii, 374 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Cognitive English Grammar is designed to be used as a textbook in courses of English and general linguistics. It introduces the reader to cognitive linguistic theory and shows that Cognitive Grammar helps us to gain a better understanding of the grammar of English. The notions of motivation and meaningfulness are central to the approach adopted in the book. In four major parts comprising 12 chapters, Cognitive English Grammar integrates recent cognitive approaches into one coherent model, allowing the analysis of the most central constructions of English. Part I presents the cognitive framework: conceptual and linguistic categories, their combination in situations, the cognitive operations applied to them, and the organisation of conceptual structures into linguistic constructions. Part II deals with the category of 'things' and their linguistic structuring as nouns and noun phrases. It shows how things are grounded in reality by means of reference, quantified by set and scalar quantifiers, and qualified by modifiers. Part III describes situations as temporal units of various layers: internally, as types of situations; and externally, as located relative to the time of speech and grounded in reality or potentiality. Part IV looks at situations as relational units and their structuring as sentences. Its two chapters are devoted to event schemas and space and metaphorical extensions of space.Cognitive English Grammar offers a wealth of linguistic data and explanations. The didactic quality is guaranteed by the frequent use of definitions and examples, a glossary of the terms used, overviews and chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, and study questions. For the Key to Study Questions click here.

Contents:

Cognitive English Grammar

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Preface

List of typographical conventions used in the book

Introduction

I. The cognitive framework

Categories in thought and language

Cognitive operations in thought and language

From thought to language

II. Things: Nouns and noun phrases

Types of things: Nouns

Grounding things: Reference

Quantifying things: Quantifiers

Qualifying things: Modifiers

III. Situations as temporal units: Aspect, tense and modality

Situation types: Aspect

Grounding situations in time: Tense

Grounding situations in potentiality: Modality

IV. Situations as relational units: Sentence structure

Event schemas: Sentence patterns

Space and extensions of space

References

Glossary

Index

The series Cognitive Linguistics in Practice.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612152979

9781282152977

1282152971

9789027292339

9027292337

OCLC:

191930976