Descriptive application

Author(s)

• Langacker, Ronald W.

Bibliographic Information

Descriptive application

Ronald W. Langacker

（Foundations of cognitive grammar, v. 2）

Stanford University Press, c1991

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 557-573

Includes index

Size of pbk., ISBN:9780804738521: 23 cm

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the second volume of a two-volume work that introduces a new and fundamentally different conception of language structure and linguistic investigation. The central claim of cognitive grammar is that grammar forms a continuum with lexicon and is fully describable in terms of symbolic units (i.e. form-meaning pairings). In contrast to current orthodoxy, the author argues that grammar is not autonomous with respect to semantics, but rather reduces to patterns for the structuring and symbolization of conceptual content. This volume suggests how to use the theoretical tools presented in Volume I, applying cognitive grammar to a broad array of representative grammatical phenomena, primarily (but by no means exclusively) drawn from English. Reviews "The amount of data and the wealth of analyses presented is impressive. . . . Langacker has again succeeded in producing a very stimulating and coherent piece of work. And the material analyses offered deserve much more careful attention and reflection than is possible within the limits of a review." -Canadian Journal of Linguistics "Finding ways to talk about language as a cognitive process intricately interwoven with conceptual behavior seems to be the unifying concern of cognitive linguistics in general, and Langacker's work is of major significance in this respect. It has not been possible in this short review to do justice to the enormous complexity of the theoretical enterprise presented in Foundations of Cognitive Grammar nor the detail of analytical procedures and findings." -Australian Journal of Linguistics

Table of Contents

Review and introduction Part I. Nominal Structure: 1. Nouns 2. Nominals: functional organization 3. Nominals: grounding and quantification 4. Nominal Constructions Part II. Clause Structure: 5. The auxiliary: clausal head 6. The auxiliary: grounding 7. Transitivity and grammatical relations 8. Marked clause structure 9. Ergativity and case Part III. Beyond the Clause: 10. Complex sentences 11. Further issues 12. Theoritical discussion Glossary References Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA12887312
• ISBN:
  • 0804719098
  • 9780804738521
• LCCN: 84051300
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Stanford
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 589 p.
• Size: 23-24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 801.5
  • LCC : P165
  • DC19 : 415
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cognitive grammar
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00786624