Foundations of Cognitive Grammar: Volume I: Theoretical Prerequisites

by Ronald W. Langacker

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This is the first 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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0804738513

ISBN13:9780804738514

Release Date:August 1999

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:540 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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