Concept, Image, and Symbol The Cognitive Basis of Grammar

This classic research monograph develops and illustrates the theory of linguistic structure known as Cognitive Grammar, and applies it to representative phenomena in English and other languages. Cognitive grammar views language as an integral facet of cognition and claims that grammatical structure...

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Main Author Langacker, Ronald W
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel/Berlin/Boston De Gruyter, Inc 1994
De Gruyter Mouton
Edition2
SeriesCognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]
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Summary:This classic research monograph develops and illustrates the theory of linguistic structure known as Cognitive Grammar, and applies it to representative phenomena in English and other languages. Cognitive grammar views language as an integral facet of cognition and claims that grammatical structure cannot be understood or revealingly described independently of semantic considerations.
ISBN:9783110172805
3110172801