Grammar and Conceptualization
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Grammar and Conceptualization

  1. 444 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Grammar and Conceptualization

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Grammar and Conceptualization documents some major developments in the theory of cognitive grammar during the last decade. By further articulating the framework and showing its application to numerous domains of linguistic structure, this book substantiates the claim that lexicon, morphology, and syntax form a gradation consisting of assemblies of symbolic structures (form-meaning pairings).

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1: Clause structure
  3. 1. Basics of cognitive grammar
  4. 2. Application to clause structure
  5. 3. Conclusion
  6. Chapter 2: Evidence for descriptive constructs
  7. 1. “Invisible” semantic constructs
  8. 2. Scope
  9. 3. Search domain
  10. 4. Active zone
  11. 5. Setting vs. participant
  12. 6. Semantics and grammar
  13. Chapter 3: The meaning of of
  14. 1. The question of meaningfulness
  15. 2. Complement vs. modifier
  16. 3. Nominal periphrasis
  17. 4. Conclusion
  18. Chapter 4: A dynamic usage-based model
  19. 1. The usage-based conception
  20. 2. Psychological phenomena
  21. 3. Processing interpretation
  22. 4. Basic linguistic problems
  23. 5. Structural applications
  24. 6. A final issue
  25. Chapter 5: Conceptual grouping and constituency
  26. 1. Constituency and grammatical relations
  27. 2. Assemblies vs. building blocks
  28. 3. Conceptual groupings
  29. 4. Constituents as emergent entities
  30. 5. Groupings and symbolic linkages
  31. 6. Conclusion
  32. Chapter 6: Reference point constructions
  33. 1. Basic cognitive assumptions
  34. 2. Reference points
  35. 3. Possessives
  36. 4. Additional reference point phenomena
  37. 5. Conclusion
  38. Chapter 7: Viewing in cognition and grammar
  39. 1. Viewing
  40. 2. Construal
  41. 3. Complement vs. modifier
  42. 4. English tense and aspect
  43. 5. Subordination
  44. 6. Anaphora
  45. 7. Conclusion
  46. Chapter 8: Generic constructions
  47. 1. Higher-order entities
  48. 2. Plural generics
  49. 3. Quantifier constructions
  50. Chapter 9: Grouping and pronominal anaphora
  51. 1. Interaction, grammar, and discourse
  52. 2. Spaces, planes, and groupings
  53. 3. Antecedence and grouping
  54. 4. Antecedents and reference points
  55. 5. Conclusion
  56. Chapter 10: Subjectification and grammaticization
  57. 1. Subjectification, attenuation, and transparency
  58. 2. Grammaticization
  59. 3. Conclusion
  60. Chapter 11: Raising and transparency
  61. 1. Previous accounts
  62. 2. Logical grammatical relations
  63. 3. Complex constructions
  64. 4. General properties of raising constructions
  65. 5. Specific properties of raising constructions
  66. 6. Final matters
  67. Chapter 12: Dynamic conceptualization
  68. 1. Previous applications
  69. 2. Unification
  70. 3. Back to clause structure
  71. 4. Looking ahead
  72. Notes
  73. Chapter 1
  74. Chapter 2
  75. Chapter 3
  76. Chapter 4
  77. Chapter 5
  78. Chapter 6
  79. Chapter 7
  80. Chapter 8
  81. Chapter 9
  82. Chapter 10
  83. Chapter 11
  84. Chapter 12
  85. References
  86. Index

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