Table of contents
PART I: THE COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ENTERPRISE
1 What do cognitive linguists study?
2 Key commitments and research methods
3 Foundations of experience I: Space
4 Foundations of experience II: Time
5 Language in use I: Knowledge of language
6 Language in use II: Language change and
acquisition
7 Key topics in language science: Formal
versus cognitive linguistics
PART II: CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE
8 What is a cognitive linguistics approach to
conceptual structure?
9 Image schemas and the origin of concepts
10 Cognitive Semantics
11 Categorisation and idealised cognitive
models
12 Conceptual metaphor theory
13 Primary metaphors and conceptual
metonymy
PART III: SEMANTIC STRUCTURE
14 What is a cognitive linguistics approach to
semantics?
15 The encyclopaedic approach to semantic
structure I: Overview
16 The encyclopaedic approach to semantic
structure II: Two theories
17 Network approaches to semantic structure 18 Access semantics and meaning construction
19 Mental spaces and discourse meaning
20 Conceptual blending and semantic
creativity
PART IV: GRAMMAR
21 What is a cognitive linguistics approach to
grammar?
22 Cognitive Grammar I: Lexical classes
23 Cognitive Grammar II: Constructions
24 Cognitive Grammar III: The verb string
25 Construction Grammar I: Accounting for
irregularity in grammar
26 Construction Grammar II: Accounting for
generalisations in grammar
27 The evolution of grammar
PART V: APPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS
28 Language, society and discourse
29 Text, narrative and literature
30 Gesture and sign language
Cognitive Linguistics:
A Complete Guide
This book is a comprehensive and authoritative overview—a complete guide—to the cognitive linguistics enterprise. Cognitive linguistics is a contemporary and highly influential school of thought, encompassing the study of human language, mind, and social behaviour. The book surveys the primary theoretical commitments and guiding principles of the enterprise, and provides a thorough and engaging overview of the broad range of areas studied by cognitive linguistics, including all aspects of language, mind, as well as applications and extensions of cognitive linguistics to the study of text, literature, discourse, and society. The book focuses equally on presenting influential cognitive linguistic theories, as well as descriptive accounts of linguistic, psychological and behavioural phenomena; it also introduces the reader to methods and approaches deployed by cognitive linguistics in studying human language, mind and behaviour.
Published by Edinburgh University Press on May 1st 2019
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Endorsements
"One of the best introductions to the intersection of language and the mind ever written...a masterpiece and a delight."
PROFESSOR DANIEL L. EVERETT, BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
"A “must-read”...comprehensive, in-depth...Its breadth and depth of coverage are unparalleled."
JEANNETTE LITTLEMORE, PROFESSOR OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Review published in Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion, 2021