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Cognitive English Grammar (Paperback, EUR edn.)
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Cognitive English Grammar (Paperback, EUR edn.)
Series: Cognitive Linguistics in Practice, 2
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"Cognitive English Grammar" is designed to be used as a textbook in
courses of English and general linguistics. It introduces the
reader to cognitive linguistic theory and shows that Cognitive
Grammar helps us to gain a better understanding of the grammar of
English. The notions of motivation and meaningfulness are central
to the approach adopted in the book. In four major parts comprising
12 chapters, "Cognitive English Grammar "integrates recent
cognitive approaches into one coherent model, allowing the analysis
of the most central constructions of English. Part I presents the
cognitive framework: conceptual and linguistic categories, their
combination in situations, the cognitive operations applied to
them, and the organisation of conceptual structures into linguistic
constructions. Part II deals with the category of things and their
linguistic structuring as nouns and noun phrases. It shows how
things are grounded in reality by means of reference, quantified by
set and scalar quantifiers, and qualified by modifiers. Part III
describes situations as temporal units of various layers:
internally, as types of situations; and externally, as located
relative to the time of speech and grounded in reality or
potentiality. Part IV looks at situations as relational units and
their structuring as sentences. Its two chapters are devoted to
event schemas and space and metaphorical extensions of
space."Cognitive English Grammar" offers a wealth of linguistic
data and explanations. The didactic quality is guaranteed by the
frequent use of definitions and examples, a glossary of the terms
used, overviews and chapter summaries, suggestions for further
reading, and study questions. For the Key to Study Questions click
here.
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