Ten lectures on the basics of cognitive grammar /

These lectures provide a basic introduction to the linguistic theory known as Cognitive Grammar. It is argued that a conceptualist semantics, well motivated in its own terms, provides the basis for a symbolic view of grammar. Consisting in the structuring and symbolization of conceptual content, gra...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Langacker, Ronald W. (Auteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Reeks:Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics Ser.
Online toegang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1565680
Inhoudsopgave:
  • Preface
  • Conceptual semantics
  • Dynamicity, fictivity and scanning
  • Symbolic grammar and constructions
  • Constructional integration and grammaticization
  • Topic, subject, and possessor
  • Double subject constructions
  • Locatives
  • Possession, location, and existence
  • Voice
  • Impersonals.