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Cognitive linguistics : an introduction /
Provides an introduction to cognitive linguistics. This book is divided into three main sections, a 'background' section, introducing cognitive linguistic approaches to a range of topics; a section on semantics; and a grammar section. It is a useful reference for scholars in linguistics an...
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University,
©2006.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations, symbols and transcription; Introduction; 1 What does it mean to know a language?; 2 The nature of cognitive linguistics: Assumptions and commitments; 3 Universals and variation in language, thought and experience; 4 Language in use: knowledge of language, language change and language acquisition; Introduction; 5 What is cognitive semantics?; 6 Embodiment and conceptual structure; 7 The encyclopaedic view of meaning; 8 Categorisation and idealised cognitive models; 9 Metaphor and metonymy; 10 Word meaning and radial categories.