Essentials of cognitive grammar

• Main Author: Langacker, Ronald W.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York Oxford University Press 2013; Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Cognitive grammar; Grammar, Comparative and general

Tailored to students, this abridged version of Cognitive Grammar positions Langacker's authoritative work as an accessible, attractive cornerstone of cognitive linguistics as the field continues to evolve.

Table of Contents:

• Cover -- Contents -- Part I: Meaning and Symbolization -- 1 Orientation -- 1.1 Grammar and Life -- 1.2 The Nature of the Beast -- 1.3 Grammar as Symbolization -- 2 Conceptual Semantics -- 2.1 Meaning and Semantic Representations -- 2.2 Conceptual Content -- 3 Construal -- 3.1 Specificity -- 3.2 Focusing -- 3.3 Prominence -- 3.4 Perspective -- 3.5 Evidence for Semantic Claims -- Part II: A Symbolic Account of Grammar -- 4 Grammatical Classes -- 4.1 Are Conceptual Characterizations Conceivable? -- 4.2 Nouns and Verbs -- 4.3 Classes of Relational Expressions -- 5 Major Subclasses -- 5.1 Count and Mass Nouns -- 5.2 Perfective and Imperfective Verbs -- 6 Constructions: General Characterization -- 6.1 Symbolic Assemblies -- 6.2 Constructional Schemas -- 6.3 Unipolar vs. Bipolar Organization -- 7 Constructions: Descriptive Factors -- 7.1 Correspondences -- 7.2 Profile Determinance -- 7.3 Elaboration -- 7.4 Constituency -- 8 Rules and Restrictions -- 8.1 Networks and Schemas -- 8.2 Assessing Conventionality -- 8.3 Networks of Constructions -- 8.4 Regularity -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z