An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics

by Friedrich Ungerer, Hans-Jörg Schmid, Hans-Jorg Schmid

Book Overview

An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics carefully explains the central concepts of categoriza­tion, of prototype and gestalt perception, of basic level and conceptual hierarchies, of figure and ground, and of metaphor and metonymy, for which an innovative description is provided. It also brings together issues such as iconicity, lexical change, grammaticalization and language teaching that have profited considerably from being put on a cognitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582784964
• ISBN13: 9780582784963
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

In the field of linguistics...

I'm currently enrolled in a linguistics class at Tulane University, and we had to read this book so as to give us a cognitivist perspective on semantic theory. It is a well-written book with very helpful exercises to illustrate various experiments performed by linguists and psychologists.