Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics as an Empirical Science
Jun 2018 · BRILL
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Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics as an Empirical Science details the relationship between form and meaning in language, especially at the systematic level of morphology. The role of metaphor and metonymy in elaborating meaning are investigated, as well as the structuring of semantics in terms of prototypes and radial categories. Implications for cultural studies and pedagogical applications are explored. The bulk of examples and data are drawn from the Slavic languages.
Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics as an Empirical Science details the relationship between form and meaning in language, especially at the systematic level of morphology. The role of metaphor and metonymy in elaborating meaning are investigated, as well as the structuring of semantics in term...
About the author
Laura A. Janda (PhD 1984) is Professor of Russian Linguistics at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. Her special areas of interest are the factors associated with the grammatical categories of case and aspect and their investigation using corpus data.
Laura A. Janda (PhD 1984) is Professor of Russian Linguistics at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. Her special areas of interest are the factors associated with the grammatical categories of case and aspect and their investigation using corpus data.
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