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Cognitive Grammar

February 2015

DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199677078.013.0005

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Cognitive Grammar (CG) is a particular version of cognitive linguistic theory within the broader movement of functional linguistics. It is a usage-based approach grounded in both cognition and social interaction. An independently justified conceptual semantics makes possible an account of grammar as consisting solely in assemblies of symbolic structures (form–meaning pairings).

Å balansere teoretiske perspektiv i grammatikkinnføringer

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Urd Vindenes

Artikkelen drøfter hvilken rolle de tre sentrale teoretiske rammeverka generativ lingvistikk, kognitiv lingvistikk og systemisk-funksjonell lingvistikk har i forskning på grammatikk og i undervisning i grammatikk på innføringsnivå. Utgangspunktet for drøftinga er en undersøkelse av pensumlitteratur i innføringskurs i grammatikk på norske universitet og høyskoler, og tre eksempler på ulike perspektiver på eller innganger til tre utvalgte grammatiske områder: genustilordning, nominalisering og demonstrativer. Det overordna argumentet i artikkelen er at sjøl om det er gode grunner til å la studentene gjøres kjent med innsikter fra moderne språkforskning, kan det være uheldig å spesialisere seg i en teoretisk retning for tidlig siden det kan begrense innsiktene i hva grammatikk og grammatikkforskning kan være.

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List of tables

December 2002

John R Taylor

Cognitive Grammar’ is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970’s. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for relating phonological structures with semantic structures. John R. Taylor introduces the theory of Cognitive Grammar, placing it in the context of ... [Show full abstract] current theoretical debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and relating it to more general trends in ‘cognitive’ linguistics. The central concepts of the theory are explained in clear, non-technical language, and are applied to in-depth discussions of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Suggestions for further applications of the theory are contained in the numerous study questions which accompany each of the main chapters.

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Meaning: Profile, base, and domain

December 2002

John R Taylor

Cognitive Grammar’ is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970’s. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for relating phonological structures with semantic structures. John R. Taylor introduces the theory of Cognitive Grammar, placing it in the context of ... [Show full abstract] current theoretical debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and relating it to more general trends in ‘cognitive’ linguistics. The central concepts of the theory are explained in clear, non-technical language, and are applied to in-depth discussions of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Suggestions for further applications of the theory are contained in the numerous study questions which accompany each of the main chapters.

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Count nouns and mass nouns

December 2002

John R Taylor

Cognitive Grammar’ is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970’s. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for relating phonological structures with semantic structures. John R. Taylor introduces the theory of Cognitive Grammar, placing it in the context of ... [Show full abstract] current theoretical debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and relating it to more general trends in ‘cognitive’ linguistics. The central concepts of the theory are explained in clear, non-technical language, and are applied to in-depth discussions of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Suggestions for further applications of the theory are contained in the numerous study questions which accompany each of the main chapters.

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Schema and instance

December 2002

John R Taylor

Cognitive Grammar’ is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970’s. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for relating phonological structures with semantic structures. John R. Taylor introduces the theory of Cognitive Grammar, placing it in the context of ... [Show full abstract] current theoretical debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and relating it to more general trends in ‘cognitive’ linguistics. The central concepts of the theory are explained in clear, non-technical language, and are applied to in-depth discussions of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Suggestions for further applications of the theory are contained in the numerous study questions which accompany each of the main chapters.

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Domains

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John R Taylor

Cognitive Grammar’ is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970’s. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for relating phonological structures with semantic structures. John R. Taylor introduces the theory of Cognitive Grammar, placing it in the context of ... [Show full abstract] current theoretical debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and relating it to more general trends in ‘cognitive’ linguistics. The central concepts of the theory are explained in clear, non-technical language, and are applied to in-depth discussions of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Suggestions for further applications of the theory are contained in the numerous study questions which accompany each of the main chapters.

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Clause structure

December 2002

John R Taylor

Cognitive Grammar’ is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970’s. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for relating phonological structures with semantic structures. John R. Taylor introduces the theory of Cognitive Grammar, placing it in the context of ... [Show full abstract] current theoretical debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and relating it to more general trends in ‘cognitive’ linguistics. The central concepts of the theory are explained in clear, non-technical language, and are applied to in-depth discussions of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Suggestions for further applications of the theory are contained in the numerous study questions which accompany each of the main chapters.

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Syntagmatic relations in phonology

December 2002

John R Taylor

Cognitive Grammar’ is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970’s. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for relating phonological structures with semantic structures. John R. Taylor introduces the theory of Cognitive Grammar, placing it in the context of ... [Show full abstract] current theoretical debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and relating it to more general trends in ‘cognitive’ linguistics. The central concepts of the theory are explained in clear, non-technical language, and are applied to in-depth discussions of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Suggestions for further applications of the theory are contained in the numerous study questions which accompany each of the main chapters.

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Nominal and relational profiles

December 2002

John R Taylor

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Glossary

December 2002

John R Taylor

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Cognitive Grammar

October 2023

John R Taylor

Cognitive Grammar’ is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970’s. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for relating phonological structures with semantic structures. John R. Taylor introduces the theory of Cognitive Grammar, placing it in the context of ... [Show full abstract] current theoretical debates about the nature of linguistic knowledge, and relating it to more general trends in ‘cognitive’ linguistics. The central concepts of the theory are explained in clear, non-technical language, and are applied to in-depth discussions of a range of topics in semantics, syntax, morphology, and phonology. Suggestions for further applications of the theory are contained in the numerous study questions which accompany each of the main chapters.

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