In the past decade, Cognitive Linguistics has developed into one of
the most dynamic and attractive frameworks within theoretical and
descriptive linguistics The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive
Linguistics is a major new reference that presents a comprehensive
overview of the main theoretical concepts and
descriptive/theoretical models of Cognitive Linguistics, and covers
its various subfields, theoretical as well as applied.
The first twenty chapters give readers the opportunity to acquire
a thorough knowledge of the fundamental analytic concepts and
descriptive models of Cognitive Linguistics and their background.
The book starts with a set of chapters discussing different
conceptual phenomena that are recognized as key concepts in
Cognitive Linguistics: prototypicality, metaphor, metonymy,
embodiment, perspectivization, mental spaces, etc. A second set of
chapters deals with Cognitive Grammar, Construction Grammar, and
Word Grammar, which, each in their own way, bring together the
basic concepts into a particular theory of grammar and a specific
model for the description of grammatical phenomena. Special
attention is given to the interrelation between Cognitive and
Construction Grammar. A third set of chapters compares Cognitive
Linguistics with other forms of linguistic research (functional
linguistics, autonomous linguistics, and the history of
linguistics), thus giving a readers a better grip on the position
of Cognitive Linguistics within the landscape of linguistics at
large.
The remaining chapters apply these basic notions to various more
specific linguistic domains, illustrating how Cognitive Linguistics
deals with the traditional linguistic subdomains (phonology,
morphology, lexicon, syntax, text and discourse), and demonstrating
how it handles linguistic variation and change. Finally they
consider its importance in the domain of Applied Linguistics, and
look at interdisciplinary links with research fields such as
philosophy and psychology.
With a well-known cast of contributors from around the world, this
reference work will be of interest to researchers and advanced
students in (cognitive) linguistics, psychology, cognitive science,
and anthropology.
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