Cognitive grammar : a basic introduction / Ronald W. Langacker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langacker, Ronald W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

x, 562 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

This lucid and authoritative introduction to Cognitive Grammar presents the theory and its rationale in careful, systematic detail. Its application to central domains of language structure makes a compelling case that grammar is inherently meaningul. The book holds great interest for linguists, linguistics students, and professionals in related disciplines.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Part I: Preliminaries

1 Orientation

1.1 Grammar and Life

1.2 The Nature of the Beast

1.3 Grammar as Symbolization

2 Conceptual Semantics

2.1 Meaning and Semantic Representations

2.2 Conceptual Content

3 Construal

3.1 Specificity

3.2 Focusing

3.3 Prominence

3.4 Perspective

3.5 Evidence for Semantic Claims

Part II: Fundamentals

4 Grammatical Classes

4.1 Are Conceptual Characterizations Conceivable?

4.2 Nouns and Verbs

4.3 Classes of Relational Expressions

5 Major Subclasses

5.1 Count and Mass Nouns

5.2 Perfective and Imperfective Verbs

6 Constructions: General Characterization

6.1 Symbolic Assemblies

6.2 Constructional Schemas

6.3 Unipolar vs. Bipolar Organization

7 Constructions: Descriptive Factors

7.1 Correspondences

7.2 Profile Determinance

7.3 Elaboration

7.4 Constituency

8 Rules and Restrictions

8.1 Networks and Schemas

8.2 Assessing Conventionality

8.3 Networks of Constructions

8.4 Regularity

Part III: Structures

9 Grounding

9.1 Subjective and Objective Construal

9.2 Type vs. Instance

9.3 Nominal Grounding

9.4 Clausal Grounding

10 Nominal Structure

10.1 Structure and Function

10.2 Noun Modifiers

10.3 Classification and Quantification

10.4 Inflection and Agreement

11 Clause Structure

11.1 Global Organization

11.2 Subject and Object

11.3 Clause Types

11.4 Complex Verbs

12 Complex Sentences

12.1 Ordination: Co- and Sub-

12.2 Clausal Connections

12.3 Finite Complements

Part IV: Frontiers

13 Discourse

13.1 The Basis of Language Structure

13.2 Conceptual Substrate

13.3 Discourse Genres

13.4 Structure Building

14 Engaging the World

14.1 Dynamicity

14.2 Fictivity

14.3 Simulation and Subjectification

14.4 Mind, Meaning, and Grammar.

References

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-550) and index.

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ISBN:

0198044194

9780198044192

OCLC:

193700788