TY - CHAP
T1 - Cognitive linguistics
AU - Winter, Bodo
AU - Perek, Florent
PY - 2023/8/30
Y1 - 2023/8/30
N2 - Cognitive linguistics is an interdisciplinary branch of linguistics that studies the intersection of language structure, language use, and the mind. Cognitive linguistics is characterized by a number of central themes. One theme is embodied cognition, the idea that features of cognition and language are shaped by our brains, bodies, and interactions with the physical environment. Another central theme is the idea that there is no strict division between syntax and semantics, with ‘constructions’ (form-meaning pairings) being the central unit of a cognitive linguistic theories of grammar. A final theme that connects cognitive linguistics with functional linguistics is that language structure is emergent, resulting from language use. Methodologically, cognitive linguistics is characterized by a mixture of corpus linguistics, experimental methods inspired by psycholinguistics and cognitive science, and analysis of multimodal behaviours, including co-speech gestures. In this chapter, we provide an introduction to the theoretical and methodological landscape of cognitive linguistics, including cognitive semantics, conceptual metaphor theory, and construction grammar.
AB - Cognitive linguistics is an interdisciplinary branch of linguistics that studies the intersection of language structure, language use, and the mind. Cognitive linguistics is characterized by a number of central themes. One theme is embodied cognition, the idea that features of cognition and language are shaped by our brains, bodies, and interactions with the physical environment. Another central theme is the idea that there is no strict division between syntax and semantics, with ‘constructions’ (form-meaning pairings) being the central unit of a cognitive linguistic theories of grammar. A final theme that connects cognitive linguistics with functional linguistics is that language structure is emergent, resulting from language use. Methodologically, cognitive linguistics is characterized by a mixture of corpus linguistics, experimental methods inspired by psycholinguistics and cognitive science, and analysis of multimodal behaviours, including co-speech gestures. In this chapter, we provide an introduction to the theoretical and methodological landscape of cognitive linguistics, including cognitive semantics, conceptual metaphor theory, and construction grammar.
UR - https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Applied-Linguistics-Volume-One/Wei-Hua-Simpson/p/book/9780367536275
U2 - 10.4324/9781003082644-26
DO - 10.4324/9781003082644-26
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780367536275
SN - 9780367536268
T3 - Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics
SP - 309
EP - 321
BT - The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics
A2 - Wei, Li
A2 - Hua, Zhu
A2 - Simpson, James
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -