Orientation -- Conceptual semantics -- Construal -- Grammatical classes -- Major subclasses -- Constructions : general characterization -- Constructions : descriptive factors -- Rules and restrictions -- Grounding -- Nominal structure -- Clause structure -- Complex sentences -- Discourse -- Engaging the world
Summary
This introductory text draws together and refines the descriptive and theoretical aspects of cognitive grammar. In a unified manner, it accommodates both the conceptual and the social-interactive basis of linguistic structure, as well as the need for both functional explanation and explicit structural description
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-550) and index
