Foundations of Cognitive Grammar: Volume I: Theoretical Prerequisites

by Ronald W. Langacker

Book Overview

This is the first 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 (i.e. form-meaning pairings). In contrast to current orthodoxy, the author argues that grammar is not autonomous with respect to semantics, but rather...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804738513
• ISBN13: 9780804738514
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"