Corpus approaches to language, thought and communication / edited by Wei-lun Lu, Naděžda Kudrnáčová, Laura A. Janda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lu, Wei-lun (Linguist), editor.

Kudrnáčová, Naděžda, editor.

Janda, Laura A., editor.

Series:

Benjamins current topics ; 119.

Benjamins current topics ; 119

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive grammar--Research--Methodology.

Cognitive grammar.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]

Summary:

"The studies in the present volume illustrate the current state-of-the-art in the corpus-based approach in cognitive linguistics, which seeks to motivate linguistic phenomena through the combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis. By focusing on language use in different contexts from a variety of perspectives, each of the contributions in this volume presents its own unique take on the intertwined relationship between language, thought, and communication. Thus, each article shows how a combination of quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques helps shed new light on old issues, reflecting the usage-based nature of cognitive linguistics and illustrating the explanatory adequacy of corpus-based methods. Originally published as special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 17:1 (2019)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Deep dives into big data

Quantitative perspectives in Cognitive Linguistics

Massive corpora and models of cross‑cultural communication styles in Cognitive Linguistics

Contrastive semantics of human locomotion verbs

Parts of speech membership as a factor of meaning extension and level of abstraction

The near-synonymy of classifiers and construal operation

Construction in conversation

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.