Geeraerts / Dirk Cognitive Linguistics: Basic Readings

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-11-019990-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 493 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

Reihe: ISSN

Over the past decade, Cognitive Linguistics has grown to be one of the most broadly appealing and dynamic frameworks for the study of natural language. Essentially, this new school of linguistics focuses on the meaning side of language: linguistic form is analysed as an expression of meaning. And meaning itself is not something that exists in isolation, but it is integrated with the full spectrum of human experience: the fact that we are embodied beings just as much as the fact that we are cultural beings. Cognitive Linguistics: Basic Readings brings together twelve foundational articles, each of which introduces one of the basic concepts of Cognitive Linguistics, like conceptual metaphor, image schemas, mental spaces, construction grammar, prototypicality and radial sets. The collection features the founding fathers of Cognitive Linguistics: George Lakoff, Ron Langacker, Len Talmy, Gilles Fauconnier, and Charles Fillmore, together with some of the most influential younger scholars. By its choice of seminal papers and leading authors, Basic Readings is specifically suited for an introductory course in Cognitive Linguistics. This is further supported by a general introduction to the theory and, specifically, the practice of Cognitive Linguistics and by trajectories for further reading that start out from the individual chapters.

Zielgruppe

Students and Researchers in the Field of Cognitive Linguistics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geeraerts,

Dirk,

Geeraerts, Dirk

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Frontmatter;1
2;Contents;5
3;Introduction A rough guide to Cognitive Linguistics;9
4;Chapter 1 Cognitive Grammar;37
5;Chapter 2 Grammatical construal;77
6;Chapter 3 Radial network;117
7;Chapter 4 Prototype theory;149
8;Chapter 5 Schematic network;175
9;Chapter 6 Conceptual metaphor;193
10;Chapter 7 Image schema;247
11;Chapter 8 Metonymy;277
12;Chapter 9 Mental spaces;311
13;Chapter 10 Frame semantics;381
14;Chapter 11 Construction Grammar;409
15;Chapter 12 Usage-based linguistics;447
16;Epilogue Trajectories for further reading;467

Über Autor(innen)

Dirk Geeraerts, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.