New directions in cognitive linguistics / edited by Vyvyan Evans, Stephanie Pourcel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Vyvyan.

Pourcel, Stephanie.

Series:

Human cognitive processing ; v. 24.

Human cognitive processing ; v. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive grammar.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

vii, 519 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nearly three decades since the publication of the seminal Metaphors We Live By, Cognitive Linguistics is now a mature theoretical and empirical enterprise, with a voluminous associated literature. It is arguably the most rapidly expanding 'school' in modern linguistics, and one of the most exciting areas of research within the interdisciplinary project known as cognitive science. As such, Cognitive Linguistics is increasingly attracting a broad readership both within linguistics as well as from neighbouring disciplines including other cognitive and social sciences, and from disciplines within the humanities. This volume contains over 20 papers by leading experts in cognitive linguistics which survey the state of the art and new directions in cognitive linguistics. The volume is divided into 5 sections covering all the traditional areas of study in cognitive linguistics, as well as newer areas, including applications and extensions. Sections include: Approaches to semantics; Approaches to metaphor and blending; Approaches to grammar; Language, embodiment and cognition; Extensions and applications of cognitive linguistics.

Contents:

New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. Approaches to semantics

Meaning as input

Semantic representation in LCCM Theory

Behavioral profiles

Polysemy, syntax, and variation

Part II. Approaches to metaphor and blending

Solving the riddle of metaphor

When is a linguistic metaphor a conceptual metaphor?

Generalized integration networks

Genitives and proper names in constructional blends

Part III. Approaches to grammar

What's (in) a construction?

Words as constructions

Constructions and constructional meaning

Partonomic structures in syntax

Part IV. Language, embodiment and cognition

Language as a biocultural niche and social institution

Understanding embodiment

Get and the grasp schema

Motion scenarios in cognitive processes

Part V. Extensions and applications of cognitive linguistics

Toward a social cognitive linguistics

Cognitive and linguistic factors in evaluating text quality

Reference points and dominions in narratives

The dream as blend in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive

"I was in that room!"

Index

The series Human Cognitive Processing.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612169861

9781282169869

1282169866

9789027289445

9027289441

OCLC:

436149489