Concept, Image and Symbol: The Cognitive Basis of Grammar (Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR])

Ronald W. Langacker

ISBN 10: 3110128632 / ISBN 13: 9783110128635

Published by Mouton De Gruyter, 1991

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Type: Book N.B. Small plain label to inside front cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Concept, Image and Symbol: The Cognitive Basis of Grammar (Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR])
• Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110128632
• ISBN 13: 9783110128635
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This research monograph develops and illustrates an innovative theory of linguistic structure, called "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. It argues that grammar forms a continuum with the lexicon and is reducible to symbolic relationships (i.e. form-meaning pairings), and consequently that all-valid grammatical constructs have some kind of conceptual import.

About the Author

Ronald W. Langacker, University of California, San Diego, USA.