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Ronald W. Langacker - Foundations of Cognitive Grammar - 9780804719094 - V9780804719094
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Foundations of Cognitive Grammar

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Description for Foundations of Cognitive Grammar Hardback. Introduces a new and fundamentally different conception of language structure and linguistic investigation. In contrast to current orthodoxy, the author argues that grammar is not autonomous with respect to semantics, but rather reduces to patterns for the structuring and symbolization of conceptual content. Num Pages: 628 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 960.

This is the second volume of a two-volume work that introduces a new and fundamentally different conception of language structure and linguistic investigation. The central claim of cognitive grammar is that grammar forms a continuum with lexicon and is fully describable in terms of symbolic units (i.e. form-meaning pairings). In contrast to current orthodoxy, the author argues that grammar is not autonomous with respect to semantics, but rather reduces to patterns for the structuring and symbolization of conceptual content.

This volume suggests how to use the theoretical tools presented in Volume I, applying cognitive grammar to a broad array of ... Read more

Reviews

"The amount of data and the wealth of analyses presented is impressive. . . . Langacker has again succeeded in producing a very stimulating and coherent piece of work. And the material analyses offered deserve much more careful attention and reflection than is possible within the limits of a review."

—Canadian Journal of Linguistics

"Finding ways to talk about language as a cognitive process intricately interwoven with conceptual behavior seems to be the unifying concern of cognitive linguistics in general, and Langacker's work is of major significance in this respect. It has not been possible in this short review to do justice to the enormous complexity of the theoretical enterprise presented in Foundations of Cognitive Grammar nor the detail of analytical procedures and findings."

—Australian Journal of Linguistics

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
628
Condition
New
Number of Pages
628
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804719094
SKU
V9780804719094
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About Ronald W. Langacker
Ronald W. Langacker is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author or editor of several books on linguistics.

Reviews for Foundations of Cognitive Grammar
"The amount of data and the wealth of analyses presented is impressive. . . . Langacker has again succeeded in producing a very stimulating and coherent piece of work. And the material analyses offered deserve much more careful attention and reflection than is possible within the limits of a review."—Canadian Journal of Linguistics

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