Ronald W. Langacker Bücher

Grammar and Conceptualization documents some major developments in the theory of cognitive grammar during the last decade. By further articulating the framework and showing its application to numerous domains of linguistic structure, this book substantiates the claim that lexicon, morphology, and syntax form a gradation consisting of assemblies of symbolic structures (form-meaning pairings).

This classic research monograph develops and illustrates the theory of linguistic structure known as Cognitive Grammar, and applies it to representative phenomena in English and other languages. Cognitive grammar views language as an integral facet of cognition and claims that grammatical structure cannot be understood or revealingly described independently of semantic considerations.

Recent research in Cognitive Grammar is comprehensively presented through a collection of a dozen innovative papers, which have been revised and integrated for coherence. This volume contributes to the ongoing development of the theoretical framework while demonstrating its applicability to various grammatical phenomena, making complex concepts more accessible to readers interested in the intricacies of language structure and cognition.