Handbook of cognitive linguistics /

This handbook provides state-of-the-art overviews of the numerous subfields of cognitive linguistics written by leading international experts which will be useful for established researchers and novices alike. It is an interdisciplinary project with contributions from linguists, psycholinguists, and...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Dabrowska, Ewa; Divjak, Dagmar
Published: De Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin/Boston :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Handb cher zur sprach- und kommunikationswissenschaft / handbooks of linguistics and communication science (hsk); 39
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110292022
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Summary: This handbook provides state-of-the-art overviews of the numerous subfields of cognitive linguistics written by leading international experts which will be useful for established researchers and novices alike. It is an interdisciplinary project with contributions from linguists, psycholinguists, and computer scientists which emphasizes the most recent developments in the field, in particular, the shift towards more empirically-based research.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(x,640pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print edition.
ISBN: 9783110292022(electronic bk.)
CLC: H0
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction --
1. Embodiment /
2. Attention and salience /
3. Frequency and entrenchment /
4. Categorization (without categories) /
5. Abstraction, storage and naive discriminative learning /
6. Construal /
7. Metonymy /
8. Metaphor /
9. Representing Meaning /
10. Blending in language and communication /
11. Grammar and cooperative communication /
12. Phonology /
13. Lexical semantics /
14. Usage-based construction grammar /
15. Discourse /
16. Historical linguistics /
17. Variationist linguistics /
18. First language acquisition /
19. Second language acquisition /
20. Poetics /
21. Semantic typology /
22. Polysemy /
23. Space /
24. Time /
25. Motion /
26. Fictive motion /
27. Prototype effects in grammar /
28. Argument structure constructions /
29. Default nonliteral interpretations The case of negation as a low-salience marker /
30. Tense, aspect and mood /
31. Grammaticalization /
32. Individual differences in grammatical knowledge /