Cognitive Linguistics

A Complete Guide

Vyvyan Evans (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

592 Seiten

2019 | 2nd Annotated edition
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781474405218 (ISBN)

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An authoritative general introduction to cognitive linguistics, this book provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field and sets in context recent developments within cognitive semantics and cognitive approaches to grammar.

The authoritative general introduction to cognitive linguistics
Vyvyan Evans covers all aspects of the relationship between language and mind, as well as applications and extensions of cognitive linguistics to the study of text, literature, discourse, and society.
Bursting with new content and presented in a new 5-part structure, the book has been fully revised and extensively updated throughout to deliver the complete guide to the cognitive linguistic enterprise. Brand new additions include: an innovative new chapter exploring key topics in language science, a new chapter introducing the range of research methods and approaches for studying human language, mind and behaviour and new chapters exploring areas such as access semantics and meaning construction, conceptual structure, the nature of space, time, gesture and sign language.
Key features include:
30 fully revised chapters in five coherent parts, including 7 entirely new chapters Discussion questions and annotated reading list at the end of each chapterCritical evaluation and reflection on influential cognitive linguistic theories, and how they compare to formal approaches in linguistics and cognitive scienceOver 200 tables and figures to clearly demonstrate key concepts, data and ideasAn online resource with additional exercises: edinburghuniversitypress.com/cognitivelinguistics

Professor Vyvyan Evans is an internationally renowned expert on language and communication and has taught at the University of Sussex, Brighton University and Bangor University in the UK.

Preface; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations

Part I: The Cognitive Linguistics Enterprise

1: What do cognitive linguists study?

2: Key commitments and research methods

3: Foundations of experience I: Space

4: Foundations of experience II: Time

5: Language in use I: Knowledge of language

6: Language in use II: Language change, and acquisition

7: Key topics in language science: Formal versus cognitive linguistics

Part II: Conceptual Structure

8: What is a cognitive linguistics approach to conceptual structure?

9: Image schemas and the origin of concepts

10: Cognitive Semantics

11: Categorisation and idealised cognitive models

12: Conceptual metaphor theory

13: Primary metaphors and conceptual metonymy

Part III: Semantic Structure

14: What is a cognitive linguistics approach to semantic structure?

15: The encyclopaedic approach to semantic structure I: Overview

16: The encyclopaedic approach to semantic structure II: Two theories

17: Network approaches to semantic structure

18: Access semantics and meaning construction

19: Mental spaces and discourse meaning

20: Conceptual blending and semantic creativity

Part IV: Grammar

21: What is a cognitive linguistics approach to grammar?

22: Cognitive Grammar I: Lexical classes

23: Cognitive Grammar II: Constructions

24: Cognitive Grammar III: The verb string

25: Construction Grammar I: Accounting for irregularity in grammar

26: Construction Grammar II: accounting for generalisations in grammar

27: The evolution of grammar

Part V: Applications and Extensions of Cognitive Linguistics

28: Language, society and discourse

29: Text, narrative and literature

30: Gesture and sign language

References; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	08.05.2019
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9781474405218 / 9781474405218
Zustand	Neuware