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Chapter 4: Categorization (without categories)

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Cognitive Linguistics - Foundations of Language

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Embodiment 11
Chapter 2: Attention and salience 36
Chapter 3: Frequency and entrenchment 61
Chapter 4: Categorization (without categories) 87
Chapter 5: Abstraction, storage and naive discriminative learning 115
Chapter 6: Construal 140
Chapter 7: Metonymy 167
Chapter 8: Metaphor 195
Chapter 9: Representing Meaning 221
Chapter 10: Blending in language and communication 245
Chapter 11: Grammar and cooperative communication 271
Index 295

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110626476-005

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Embodiment 11
Chapter 2: Attention and salience 36
Chapter 3: Frequency and entrenchment 61
Chapter 4: Categorization (without categories) 87
Chapter 5: Abstraction, storage and naive discriminative learning 115
Chapter 6: Construal 140
Chapter 7: Metonymy 167
Chapter 8: Metaphor 195
Chapter 9: Representing Meaning 221
Chapter 10: Blending in language and communication 245
Chapter 11: Grammar and cooperative communication 271
Index 295

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