Concept, Image, and Symbol : The Cognitive Basis of Grammar / Ronald W. Langacker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langacker, Ronald W., author.

Series:

Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]

Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive grammar.

Grammar.

Language and languages.

Local Subjects:

Cognitive grammar.

Grammar.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2010]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This research monograph develops and illustrates an innovative theory of linguistic structure, called ""cognitive grammar"", and applies it to representative phenomena in English and other languages. Cognitive grammar views language as an intergral fact of cognition and claims that grammatical structure cannot be understood or revealingly described independently of semantic considerations. It argues that grammar forms a continuum with the lexicon and is reducible to symbolic relationships (i.e. form-meaning pairings), and consequently that all valid grammatical constructs have some kind of con

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Inside and outside in Cora

3. Nouns and verbs

4. The English passive

5. Abstract motion

6. Grammatical valence

7. Active zones

8. The Yuman auxiliary

9. Transitivity, case, and grammatical relations

10. A usage-based model

11. Autonomy and agreement

12. Subjectification

Final remarks

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783110857733

3110857731

OCLC:

843206894