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Concept, Image, and Symbol : The Cognitive Basis of Grammar / Ronald W. Langacker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] ; 1Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2010]Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 2nd ed. with a new preface. Reprint 2010Description: 1 online resource (395 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110125993
  • 9783110857733
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 415 20
LOC classification:
  • P165 .L35 1991eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Inside and outside in Cora -- 3. Nouns and verbs -- 4. The English passive -- 5. Abstract motion -- 6. Grammatical valence -- 7. Active zones -- 8. The Yuman auxiliary -- 9. Transitivity, case, and grammatical relations -- 10. A usage-based model -- 11. Autonomy and agreement -- 12. Subjectification -- Final remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Inside and outside in Cora -- 3. Nouns and verbs -- 4. The English passive -- 5. Abstract motion -- 6. Grammatical valence -- 7. Active zones -- 8. The Yuman auxiliary -- 9. Transitivity, case, and grammatical relations -- 10. A usage-based model -- 11. Autonomy and agreement -- 12. Subjectification -- Final remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)