Beschreibung:
Cognitive Linguistics is the most rapidly expanding school in modern Linguistics. It aims to create a scientific approach to the study of language, incorporating the tools of philosophy, neuroscience and computer science. Cognitive approaches to language were initially based on philosophical thinking about the mind, but more recent work emphasizes the importance of convergent evidence from a broad empirical and methodological base.
I. Introduction II. Overview III. Methodology and Scope IV. Metaphor, Metonymy and Blending V. Cognitive Lexical Semantics VI. Cognitive Approaches to Grammar VII. Conceptual Structure in Language VIII. Language Acquisition, Diversity and Change IX. Annotated Guide to Further Reading