Compendium of Cognitive Linguistics. Volume 3

$179.00

Thomas Fuyin Li (Editor)

Series: Languages and Linguistics
BISAC: LAN009000

This book contains high-quality research of a theoretical and/or empirical/experimental nature, focusing on the interface between language and cognition. It adopts an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language in the general cognitive perspective, as well as theory-based practical applications. It incorporates research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that inform the language and cognitive sciences. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Main Verb Properties
Leonard Talmy

The Role of Image-Schemas and Conceptual Metaphors in Learning Idioms: An Experimental Study
Thomas Fuyin LI

Corpus Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics: A Convergence of Basic Assumptions
May L-Y Wong

Is /a/ Truly Red? A study on Sound-Colour Synesthetic Associations
Pilar Mompeán-Guillamón

Interactive Cognition: Toward a Unified Account of Structure, Processing, and Discourse
Ronald W. Langacker

Cognitive Linguistics and Signed Languages
Sherman Wilcox and Phyllis Perrin Wilcox

On the River, on an Island, on the Street: The Semantics of English On-Constructions Involving “Laterality”
Cliff Goddard

Vowel Sounds and Motion
Pilar Mompeán-Guillamón and Paula Cifuentes-Férez

Index

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