LINGUIST List 18.2607

Fri Sep 07 2007

Books: General Linguistics: Radden, Dirven

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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Cognitive English Grammar: Radden, Dirven


Message 1: Cognitive English Grammar: Radden, Dirven
Date: 07-Sep-2007
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Cognitive English Grammar: Radden, Dirven
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Title: Cognitive English Grammar Series Title: Cognitive Linguistics in Practice 2 Published: 2007 Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=CLiP%202

Author: Günter Radden Author: René Dirven Hardback: ISBN: 1556196636 Pages: 390 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Paperback: ISBN: 1556196644 Pages: 390 Price: U.S. $ 44.95
Abstract:

Cognitive English Grammar is designed to be used as a textbook in coursesof English and general linguistics. It introduces the reader to cognitivelinguistic theory and shows that Cognitive Grammar helps us to gain abetter understanding of the grammar of English. The notions of motivationand meaningfulness are central to the approach adopted in the book. In fourmajor parts comprising 12 chapters, Cognitive English Grammar integratesrecent cognitive approaches into one coherent model, allowing the analysisof the most central constructions of English. Part I presents the cognitiveframework: conceptual and linguistic categories, their combination insituations, the cognitive operations applied to them, and the organisationof conceptual structures into linguistic constructions. Part II deals withthe category of ‘things’ and their linguistic structuring as nouns and nounphrases. It shows how things are grounded in reality by means of reference,quantified by set and scalar quantifiers, and qualified by modifiers. PartIII describes situations as temporal units of various layers: internally,as types of situations; and externally, as located relative to the time ofspeech and grounded in reality or potentiality. Part IV looks at situationsas relational units and their structuring as sentences. Its two chaptersare devoted to event schemas and space and metaphorical extensions ofspace. Cognitive English Grammar offers a wealth of linguistic data andexplanations. The didactic quality is guaranteed by the frequent use ofdefinitions and examples, a glossary of the terms used, overviews andchapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, and study questions(with solutions, available online at: http://www.benjamins.com/).

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics                             Morphology                             Semantics                             Syntax
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Written In: English (eng )

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