Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Cognitive Grammar
6. Form, meaning, and behavior 21
7. Cataphoric pronouns as mental space designators 61
8. II. Theoretical issues in classical sign-based linguistics
9. Monosemy, homonymy and polysemy 93
10. On the relationship between form and grammatical meaning in the linguistic sign 131
11. Revisiting the gap between meaning and message 155
12. III. Analyses on the level of the classic linguistic sign
13. The givenness of background 177
14. The relevance of relevance in linguistic analysis 205
15. A sign-based analysis of English pronouns in conjoined expressions 219
16. Semantic oppositions in the Hebrew verb system 235
17. Grammaticization of 'to' and 'away' 261
18. IV. Below and above the level of the sign
19. Interaction of physiology and communication in the make-up and distribution of stops in Lucknow Urdu 277
20. Between phonology and lexicon 289
21. Length of the extra-information phrase as a predictor of word order 325
22. Word-order variation in spoken Spanish in constructions with a verb, a direct object, and an adverb 341
23. Estrategias discursivas como parámetros para el análisis lingüístico 361
24. Index of Names 381
25. Index of Subjects 384