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Chapter 4. The speech went on (and on) as Kerry dozed off (*and off)

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  • Susan Strauss , Heesun Chang and Jungwan Yoon
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Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition
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Abstract

This chapter provides an encapsulated segment of a larger, on-going study centering on a complex set of prepositions and their corresponding phrasal verb particles and adverbs viewed from the methodological and analytic perspective of Conceptual Grammar. Conceptual Grammar is an approach to the analysis and teaching of grammar that combines three paradigms: corpus, discourse analysis, and cognitive linguistics to reveal systematically patterned grammatical meanings. The visual conceptual system is intended to dually represent various gradations of spatial/temporal/metaphorical/abstract meanings in graphic terms, using simple shapes as a mnemonic to aid in the apprehension of conceptual meaning. The system is intended to be generalizable across all uses and meanings of the target lexemes and thus to facilitate productivity of use, serving as a new type of “grammatical rule”.

Abstract

This chapter provides an encapsulated segment of a larger, on-going study centering on a complex set of prepositions and their corresponding phrasal verb particles and adverbs viewed from the methodological and analytic perspective of Conceptual Grammar. Conceptual Grammar is an approach to the analysis and teaching of grammar that combines three paradigms: corpus, discourse analysis, and cognitive linguistics to reveal systematically patterned grammatical meanings. The visual conceptual system is intended to dually represent various gradations of spatial/temporal/metaphorical/abstract meanings in graphic terms, using simple shapes as a mnemonic to aid in the apprehension of conceptual meaning. The system is intended to be generalizable across all uses and meanings of the target lexemes and thus to facilitate productivity of use, serving as a new type of “grammatical rule”.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. Introduction. Discourse and cognitive perspectives on language learning 1
  6. Part I. Discourse perspectives
  7. Chapter 1. Culture, gender, ethnicity, identity in discourse 11
  8. Chapter 2. Discourse management strategies revisited 37
  9. Chapter 3. Senior confessions 63
  10. Part II. Cognitive perspectives
  11. Chapter 4. The speech went on (and on) as Kerry dozed off (*and off) 85
  12. Chapter 5. The role of embodiment in the semantic analysis of phrasal verbs 111
  13. Chapter 6. Synesthetic metaphors of sound 131
  14. Chapter 7. Conceptual vs. inter-lexical polysemy 159
  15. Part III. Applications to L2 teaching and learning
  16. Chapter 8. Formulaicity and context in second language pragmatics 193
  17. Chapter 9. What is happened? Your amazon.com order has shipped 213
  18. Chapter 10. Effects of L2 exposure on the use of discourse devices in L2 storytelling 249
  19. Chapter 11. The use of hedging devices in L2 legal writing 275
  20. Afterword. The theoretical and applied foundations of Andrea Tyler’s approach to the study of language 301
  21. Name index 311
  22. Subject Index 315
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.64.05sta

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. Introduction. Discourse and cognitive perspectives on language learning 1
  6. Part I. Discourse perspectives
  7. Chapter 1. Culture, gender, ethnicity, identity in discourse 11
  8. Chapter 2. Discourse management strategies revisited 37
  9. Chapter 3. Senior confessions 63
  10. Part II. Cognitive perspectives
  11. Chapter 4. The speech went on (and on) as Kerry dozed off (*and off) 85
  12. Chapter 5. The role of embodiment in the semantic analysis of phrasal verbs 111
  13. Chapter 6. Synesthetic metaphors of sound 131
  14. Chapter 7. Conceptual vs. inter-lexical polysemy 159
  15. Part III. Applications to L2 teaching and learning
  16. Chapter 8. Formulaicity and context in second language pragmatics 193
  17. Chapter 9. What is happened? Your amazon.com order has shipped 213
  18. Chapter 10. Effects of L2 exposure on the use of discourse devices in L2 storytelling 249
  19. Chapter 11. The use of hedging devices in L2 legal writing 275
  20. Afterword. The theoretical and applied foundations of Andrea Tyler’s approach to the study of language 301
  21. Name index 311
  22. Subject Index 315
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