: Ronald W. Langacker
: Investigations in Cognitive Grammar
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110214369
: Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]ISSN
: 1
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: Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
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This volume makes accessible a substantial range of recent research in Cognitive Grammar. Building from fundamentals, it brings fresh insight to the analysis of varied grammatical phenomena. Topics considered in depth include constructions, grounding, clause structure, and complex sentences. The book is of interest to anyone concerned with the conceptual basis of meaning and linguistic structure.

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Ronald W. Langacker, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Frontmatter1
Contents9
Chapter 1. Constructions in Cognitive Grammar15
Chapter 2. Metonymy in grammar54
Chapter 3. A constructional approach to grammaticization74
Chapter 4. Possession, location, and existence95
Chapter 5. On the subject of impersonals123
Chapter 6. Enunciating the parallelism of nominal and clausal grounding162
Chapter 7. The English present: Temporal coincidence vs. epistemic immediacy199
Chapter 8. A functional account of the English auxiliary233
Chapter 9. Aspects of the grammar of finite clauses273
Chapter 10. Finite complements in English304
Chapter 11. Subordination in Cognitive Grammar341
Chapter 12. The conceptual basis of coordination355
Backmatter389