Corpora in cognitive linguistics : corpus-based approaches to syntax and lexis / edited by Stefan Th. Gries, Anatol Stefanowitsch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gries, Stefan Thomas, 1970-

Stefanowitsch, Anatol, 1970-

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 172

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive grammar--Data processing.

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

352 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cognitive Linguistics, the branch of linguistics that tries to "make one's account of human language accord with what is generally known about the mind and the brain," has become one of the most flourishing fields of contemporary linguistics. The chapters address many classic topics of Cognitive Linguistics. These topics include studies on the semantics of specific words (including polysemy and synonymy) as well as semantic characteristics of particular syntactic patterns / constructions (including constructional synonymy and the schematicity of constructions), the analysis of causatives, transitivity, and image-schematic aspects of posture verbs. The key characteristic of this volume is that all papers adopt the methodological perspective of Corpus Linguistics, the rapidly evolving branch of linguistics based on the computerized analysis of language used in authentic settings. Thus, the contributions do not only all provide various new insights in their respective fields, they also introduce new data as well as new corpus-based and quantitative methods of analysis. On the basis of their findings, the authors discuss both theoretical implications going well beyond the singular topics of the studies and show how the discipline of Cognitive Linguistics can benefit from the rigorous analysis of naturally-occurring language. The languages which are investigated are English, German, Dutch, and Russian, and the data come from a variety of different corpora. As such, the present volume will be of interest to a wide range of scholars with many different foci and interests and should pave the way for further integration of usage-based techniques of analysis within this exciting paradigm.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Ways of intending: Delineating and structuring near-synonyms

Corpus-based methods and cognitive semantics: The many senses of to run

Go-V vs. go-and-V in English: A case of constructional synonymy?

Syntactic leaps or lexical variation? - More on "Creative Syntax"

The place of prototypicality in corpus linguistics: Causation in the hot seat

Passivisability of English periphrastic causatives

Transitivity schemas of English EAT and DRINK in the BNC

Caused posture: Experiential patterns emerging from corpus research

From conceptualization to linguistic expression: Where languages diversify

Backmatter

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110198263

3110198266

9781282194076

1282194070

9783110186055

3110186055

OCLC:

1013955547