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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface ix
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I. Toward a coherent and comprehensive linguistic theory
- An overview of cognitive grammar 3
- A view of linguistic semantics 49
- The nature of grammatical valence 91
- A usage-based model 127
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II. Aspects of a multifaceted research program
- The relation of grammar to cognition 165
- Where does prototypicality come from? 207
- The natural category MEDIUM 231
- Spatial expressions and the plasticity of meaning 271
- Contrasting prepositional categories 299
- The mapping of elements of cognitive space onto grammatical relations 327
- Conventionalization of cora locationals 345
- The conceptualisation of vertical space in English 379
- Length, width, and potential passing 403
- On bounding in Lk 429
- A discourse perspective on tense and aspect in standard modern Greek and English 447
- Semantic extensions into the domain of verbal communication 507
- Spatial metaphor in German causative constructions 555
- Náhuatl causative/applicatives in cognitive grammar 587
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III. A historical perspective
- Grammatical categories and human conceptualization 621
- Cognitive grammar and the history of lexical semantics 647
- References 679
- Subject index 695
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface ix
-
I. Toward a coherent and comprehensive linguistic theory
- An overview of cognitive grammar 3
- A view of linguistic semantics 49
- The nature of grammatical valence 91
- A usage-based model 127
-
II. Aspects of a multifaceted research program
- The relation of grammar to cognition 165
- Where does prototypicality come from? 207
- The natural category MEDIUM 231
- Spatial expressions and the plasticity of meaning 271
- Contrasting prepositional categories 299
- The mapping of elements of cognitive space onto grammatical relations 327
- Conventionalization of cora locationals 345
- The conceptualisation of vertical space in English 379
- Length, width, and potential passing 403
- On bounding in Lk 429
- A discourse perspective on tense and aspect in standard modern Greek and English 447
- Semantic extensions into the domain of verbal communication 507
- Spatial metaphor in German causative constructions 555
- Náhuatl causative/applicatives in cognitive grammar 587
-
III. A historical perspective
- Grammatical categories and human conceptualization 621
- Cognitive grammar and the history of lexical semantics 647
- References 679
- Subject index 695