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Cognitive Grammar - A Basic Introduction (Hardcover)
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Cognitive Grammar - A Basic Introduction (Hardcover)
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This book fills a longstanding need for a basic introduction to
Cognitive Grammar that is current, authoritative, comprehensive,
and approachable. It presents a synthesis that draws together and
refines the descriptive and theoretical notions developed in this
framework over the course of three decades. In a unified manner, it
accommodates both the conceptual and the social-interactive basis
of linguistic structure, as well as the need for both functional
explanation and explicit structural description. Starting with the
fundamentals, essential aspects of the theory are systematically
laid out with concrete illustrations and careful discussion of
their rationale. Among the topics surveyed are conceptual
semantics, grammatical classes, grammatical constructions, the
lexicon-grammar continuum characterized as assemblies of symbolic
structures (form-meaning pairings), and the usage-based account of
productivity, restrictions, and well-formedness. The theory's
central claim - that grammar is inherently meaningful - is thereby
shown to be viable. The framework is further elucidated through
application to nominal structure, clause structure, and complex
sentences. These are examined in broad perspective, with
exemplification from English and numerous other languages. In line
with the theory's general principles, they are discussed not only
in terms of their structural characterization, but also their
conceptual value and functional motivation. Other matters explored
include discourse, the temporal dimension of language structure,
and what grammar reveals about cognitive processes and the
construction of our mental world.
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