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Foundations of Cognitive Grammar - by Ronald W Langacker (Paperback)

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  • This is the second volume of a two-volume work that introduces a new and fundamentally different conception of language structure and linguistic investigation.
  • About the Author: Ronald W. Langacker is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego.
  • 628 Pages
  • Language + Art + Disciplines, Language Arts

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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 representative grammatical phenomena, primarily (but by no means exclusively) drawn from English.

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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"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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"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



About the Author



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.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.02 Inches (H) x 6.12 Inches (W) x 1.33 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.78 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 628
Genre: Language + Art + Disciplines
Sub-Genre: Language Arts
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Ronald W Langacker
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 1999
TCIN: 82960792
UPC: 9780804738521
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-5764
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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