<p>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
Foundations of cognitive grammar. Volume 1
โ Scribed by Langacker, Ronald W.
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 521
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Subjects
Cognitive grammar;Cognitive grammar
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
The main function of language is to convey meaning. The question of why language is structured the way it is, Heine here argues, has therefore to be answered first of all with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations in terms of other exponents of language structure, e.g. of syntax, are l
The main function of language is to convey meaning. Therefore, argues Bernd Heine in these pages, the question of why language is structured the way it is must first of all be answered with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations offered in terms of other exponents of language structure