The construal of space in language and thought
| Publication Type | | Book Article |
| Year of Publication | | 2004 |
| Authors | | Taylor, John R. |
| Key Words | | Cognitive Linguistics |
| Notes | | "According to Cognitive Grammar, the grammar of a language can be characterized as a structured inventory of conventional linguistic units." - units are not encapsulated "chunks of information" rather "each unit stands at the hub of a network of relations to other units."Three types of relations: schema and its more fully specified instances; part and the whole in which it features; similarityThis paper focuses on constructions "defined as linguistic structures which ar analusable into component parts" - they are motivated through relations to other units in the language; these relations "cummulatively create a 'niche' for the construction within the language system" (| cf. Sinclair & Hunston - local grammars) - gives examples of the bang goes construction. |
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