| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 396 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cognitive linguistics research ; 42 |
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Cognitive linguistics research ; 42.
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| Contents |
Preface -- 1. Constructions in cognitive grammar -- 2. Metonymy in grammar -- 3. A constructional approach to grammaticization -- 4. Possession, location, and existence -- 5. On the subject of impersonals -- 6. Enunciating the parallelism of nominal and clausal grounding -- 7. The English present: temporal coincidence vs. epistemic immediacy -- 8. A functional account of the English auxiliary -- 9. Aspects of the grammar of finite clauses -- 10. Finite complements in English -- 11. Subordination in cognitive grammar -- 12. The conceptual basis of coordination -- References -- Author index -- Subject index |
| Summary |
This volume makes accessible a substantial range of recent research in Cognitive Grammar. From disparate sources, it brings together a dozen innovative papers, revised and integrated to form a coherent whole. This work continues the ongoing program of progressively articulating the theoretical framework and showing its descriptive application to varied grammatical phenomena. A number of major topics are examined in depth through multiple chapters viewing them from different perspectives: grammatical constructions (their general nature, their metonymic basis, their role in grammaticization), nom |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cognitive grammar.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Cognitive grammar
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Kognitive Grammatik
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009003853 |
| ISBN |
9783110214369 |
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3110214369 |
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1282296523 |
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9781282296527 |
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9786612296529 |
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6612296526 |
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