Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Contributors ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Approaches to semantics
7. Meaning as input 15
8. Semantic representation in LCCM Theory 27
9. Behavioral profiles 57
10. Polysemy, syntax, and variation 77
11. Part II. Approaches to metaphor and blending
12. Solving the riddle of metaphor 107
13. When is a linguistic metaphor conceptual metaphor? 127
14. Generalized integration networks 147
15. Genitives and proper names in constructional blends 161
16. Part III. Approaches to grammar
17. What’s (in) a construction? 185
18. Words as constructions 201
19. Constructions and constructional meaning 225
20. Partonomic structures in syntax 269
21. Part IV. Language, embodiment and cognition
22. Language as a biocultural niche and social institution 289
23. Understanding embodiment 311
24. Get and the grasp schema 331
25. Motion scenarios in cognitive processes 371
26. Part V. Extensions and applications of cognitive linguistics
27. Toward a social cognitive linguistics 395
28. Cognitive and linguistic factors in evaluating text quality 421
29. Reference points and dominions in narratives 441
30. The dream as blend in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive 465
31. “I was in that room!” 499
32. Index 517