Grammar and Conceptualization: 14 (Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR], 14) - Softcover

Langacker, Ronald W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3110166046 ISBN 13: 9783110166040

Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter, 2000

Synopsis

This work documents some major developments in the theory of cognitive grammar during the 1990s. It brings together 12 previous articles (not all easily accessible) which have been substantially revised and integrated to form a coherent and cohesive work. Included are basic theoretical statements, analyses and descriptions of particular phenomena, as well as a preview of future research. Among the areas examined are clause structure, tense and aspect, possessives and other reference point phenomena, generics and habituals, quantifier constructions, pronominal anaphora, complementation, "raising" constructions, and the meaning of OF. Theoretical issues addressed include the characterization of grammatical relations, the status of constituency, the grammatical role of metonymy, parallels between PERception and CONception, the nature of grammaticization, the usage-based account of learning and wellformedness, the need to posit multiple conceptual "planes", the justification of descriptive constructs, and the essential dyna-micity of conceptual structure. By further articulating the framework and showing its application to numerous domains of linguistic structure, this book substantiates the claim that lexicon, morphology, and syntax form a gradation consisting of assemblies of symbolic structures (form-meaning pairings). Grammar is thus inherently meaningful, its schematic semantic value residing in particular ways of construing conceptual content.

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Grammar and Conceptualization documents some major developments in the theory of cognitive grammar during the last decade. By further articulating the framework and showing its application to numerous domains of linguistic structure, this book substantiates the claim that lexicon, morphology, and syntax form a gradation consisting of assemblies of symbolic structures (form-meaning pairings).

Review:

"The author manages to persuade the reader about the assets of cognitive grammar. He does so in an excellent academic style, which does not shun an occasional touch of humor that enlivens the exposition of high-flown theory or description."
Antonio Barcelona in: Cognitive Linguistics

"In sum this book is a representative sample of an extraordinarily productive and distinguished career of one of today´s foremost linguists. [...] Given the indisputable usefulness and quality of this book, and the growing influence of cognitive linguistics, it will be welcomed by scholars and students all over the world who are at work in general and cognitive linguistics, in cognitive science, in English descriptive linguistics, and other related disciplines."
Antonio Barcelona in: Journal of Cognitive Linguistics 12-1 (2001)

About this edition

• Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 3110166046
• ISBN 13: 9783110166040
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444