Constructions In Cognitive Contexts

Author : Franziska Günther
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110461343

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In what ways are language, cognition and perception interrelated? Do they influence each other? This book casts a fresh light on these questions by putting individual speakers’ cognitive contexts, i.e. their usage-preferences and entrenched patterns of linguistic knowledge, into the focus of investigation. It presents findings from original experimental research on spatial language use which indicate that these individual-specific factors indeed play a central role in determining whether or not differences in the current and/or habitual linguistic behaviour of speakers of German and English are systematically correlated with differences in non-linguistic behaviour (visual attention allocation to and memory for spatial referent scenes). These findings form the basis of a new, speaker-focused usage-based model of linguistic relativity, which defines language-perception/cognition effects as a phenomenon which primarily occurs within individual speakers rather than between speakers or speech communities.

Author : Franziska Gunther
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Cognition
ISBN : OCLC:1090239091

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Author : Franziska Günther
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110459869

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Constructions in Cognitive Contexts by Franziska Günther Pdf

In what ways are language, cognition and perception interrelated? Do they influence each other? This book casts a fresh light on these questions by putting individual speakers’ cognitive contexts, i.e. their usage-preferences and entrenched patterns of linguistic knowledge, into the focus of investigation. It presents findings from original experimental research on spatial language use which indicate that these individual-specific factors indeed play a central role in determining whether or not differences in the current and/or habitual linguistic behaviour of speakers of German and English are systematically correlated with differences in non-linguistic behaviour (visual attention allocation to and memory for spatial referent scenes). These findings form the basis of a new, speaker-focused usage-based model of linguistic relativity, which defines language-perception/cognition effects as a phenomenon which primarily occurs within individual speakers rather than between speakers or speech communities.

Author : Alexander Bergs,Gabriele Diewald
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027288783

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Contexts and Constructions by Alexander Bergs,Gabriele Diewald Pdf

This collection of original articles focuses on the function, role, and structure of linguistic and extralinguistic “context(s)” in relation to the notion of “constructions” and in construction grammar. It thus takes up and brings together two equally complex concepts of linguistics, which both encompass structural as well as pragmatic and discourse-oriented aspects. Although both notions – contexts as well as constructions – have been under intense discussion in linguistics during the last decades with a wide span of research interests, integrative studies of these aspects have been largely missing. The eight papers presented in this volume explore the possibilities and risks of integrating context(s) into particular constructions and construction grammar in general. Topics range from particular language and construction-specific problems such as the "polysemy" of modal verbs in relation to context-sensitive constructions, to general technical analyses and proposals, including proposals for formalizing contextual features in constructional representations. The volume will be of interest to scholars and advanced undergraduates interested in linguistic theory in general and in constructional, pragmatic and discourse-analytic approaches in particular.

Author : Ivan Mutis,Renate Fruchter,Carol C. Menassa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Civil engineering
ISBN : 0784414866

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Transforming Engineering Education by Ivan Mutis,Renate Fruchter,Carol C. Menassa Pdf

The collection brings together new approaches to research in the use of computer-mediated learning technologies in civil engineering education.

Author : Peter Auer,Stefan Pfänder
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110229080

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Constructions by Peter Auer,Stefan Pfänder Pdf

This volume embarks on an exploration of the processual and dynamic character of grammatical constructions in emergence, both from an ‘emergent’ and an ‘emerging’ perspective. ‘Emerging’ constructions develop out of their discourse contexts. Talking of emerging constructions is compatible with a view of grammar as a stable system of rules and structures which may ‘emerge’ (i.e., come into existence) out of a pool of previously unordered elements. ‘Emergent’ constructions on the contrary are due to the on-line production of grammar in time. The term ‘emergent’ emphasises the fact that a grammatical structure is always temporary and ephemeral. In both senses, grammar is modelled as a highly adaptive resource for interaction. On the basis of empirical studies on spoken English, German, Hebrew, Swedish and French, the volume addresses the following questions: How can what initially appears to be construction x end up being construction y in on-line syntax? What are the local interactional needs which such processes respond to in the process of their emergence? Does the on-line (re-)modelling of a construction concern its syntactic or semantic side ‐ or both? And finally: Should emergent grammatical structures as they unfold in real time be seen as stages in the emerging of grammar?

Author : Sabine De Knop,Gaëtanelle Gilquin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110458268

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Applied Construction Grammar by Sabine De Knop,Gaëtanelle Gilquin Pdf

Current research within the framework of Construction Grammar (CxG) has mainly adopted a theoretical or descriptive approach, neglecting the more applied perspective and especially the question of how language acquisition and pedagogy can benefit from a CxG-based approach. The present volume explores various aspects of “Applied Construction Grammar” through a collection of studies that apply CxG and CxG-inspired approaches to relevant issues in L2 acquisition and teaching. Relying on empirical data and covering a wide range of constructions and languages, the chapters show how the cross-fertilization of CxG and L2 acquisition/teaching can improve the description of learners’ use of constructions, provide theoretical insights into the processes underlying their acquisition (e.g. with reference to inheritance links or transfer from the L1), or lead to novel teaching practices and resources aimed to help learners make the generalizations that native speakers make naturally from the input they receive.

Author : Ad Foolen,Frederike van der Leek
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027236845

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Constructions in Cognitive Linguistics by Ad Foolen,Frederike van der Leek Pdf

This volume contains selected papers from the 5th ICLC, Amsterdam 1997. The papers present cognitive analyses of a variety of constructions (phrasal verbs, prepositional phrases, transitivity, accusative versus dative objects, possessives, gerunds, passives, causatives, conditionals), in a variety of languages (English, German, Dutch, Polish, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Thai, Fijian). Besides analyses of 'objective construal', the volume reflects the increasing interest in subjectivity (grounding and speaker involvement). It also includes, lastly, contributions on the acquisition and agrammatic loss of constructions.

Author : Jan-Ola Östman,Mirjam Fried
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027218234

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Construction Grammars by Jan-Ola Östman,Mirjam Fried Pdf

Addressing a number of issues (such as coercion, discourse patterning, language change), the contributions show how CxG must be part and parcel of cognitively oriented studies of language, including language universals."--Jacket.

Author : Ana María Piquer-Píriz,Rafael Alejo-González
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027263452

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Applying Cognitive Linguistics by Ana María Piquer-Píriz,Rafael Alejo-González Pdf

In recent years, Cognitive Linguistics (CL) has established itself not only as a solid theoretical approach but also as an important source from which different applications to other fields have emerged. In this volume we identify some of the current, most relevant topics in applied CL-oriented studies – analyses of figurative language (both metaphor and metonymy) in use, constructions and typology –, and present high-quality research papers that illustrate best practices in the research foci identified and their application to different fields including intercultural communication, the psychology of emotions, second and first language acquisition, discourse analysis and translation studies. It is also shown how different methodologies –the use of linguistic corpora, psycholinguistic experiments or discourse analytic procedures– can shed some light on the basic premises of CL as well as providing insights into how CL can be applied in real world contexts. Finally, all the studies included in the volume are based on empirical data and there are some analyses of languages other than English (Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Danish, German and Polish), thus overcoming the contentions that CL-theoretically-based research is often based on linguistic intuition and focused only on the English language. We hope that the present volume will not only contribute to a better understanding of how CL can be applied but that it will also help to encourage, even further, more robust empirical research in this field. Originally published as a special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 14:1 (2016).

Author : Annalisa Baicchi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319182698

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Construction Learning as a Complex Adaptive System by Annalisa Baicchi Pdf

This book presents the current state of the art on Construction Grammar models and usage-based language learning research. It reports on three psycholinguistic experiments conducted with the participation of university-level Italian learners of English, whose second language proficiency corresponds to levels B1 and B2 of the ‘Common European Framework of Reference for Languages’ (CEFR). This empirical research on the role of constructions in the facilitation of language learning contributes to assessing how bilinguals deal with L2 constructions in the light of sentence-sorting, sentence-elicitation, and sentence-completion tasks. Divided into two parts, the book first introduces the main theoretical prerequisites and then reports on the experimental studies. It provides a comprehensive review of the current research in a range of disciplines, including complexity theories, cognitive semantics, construction grammars, usage-based linguistics, and language learning.

Author : Andrea Tyler,Yiyoung Kim,Mari Takada
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110199123

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Language in the Context of Use by Andrea Tyler,Yiyoung Kim,Mari Takada Pdf

The volume explores key convergences between cognitive and discourse approaches to language and language learning, both first and second. The emphasis is on the role of language as it is used in everyday interaction and as it reflects everyday cognition. The contributors share a usage-based perspective on language - whether they are examining grammar or metaphor or interactional dynamics - which situates language as part of a broader range of systems which underlie the organization of social life and human thought. While sharing fundamental assumptions about language, the particulars of the areas of inquiry and emphases of those engaged in discourse analysis versus cognitive linguistics are diverse enough that, historically, many have tended to remain unaware of the interrelations among these approaches. Thus, researchers have also largely overlooked the possibilities of how work from each perspective can challenge, inform, and enrich the other. The papers in the volume make a unique contribution by more consciously searching for connections between the two broad approaches. The results are a set of dynamic, thought-provoking analyses that add considerably to our understanding of language and language learning. The papers represent a rich range of frameworks within a usage-based approach to language. Cognitive Grammar, Mental Space and Blending Theory, Construction Grammar, ethnomethodology, and interactional sociolinguistics are just some of the frameworks used by the researchers in this volume. The particular subjects of inquiry are also quite varied and include first and second language learning, signed language, syntactic phenomena, interactional regulation and dynamics, discourse markers, metaphor theory, polysemy, language processing and humor. The volume is of interests to researchers in cognitive linguistics, discourse and conversational analysis, and first and second language learning, as well as signed languages.

Author : Vyvyan Evans
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199234660

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How Words Mean by Vyvyan Evans Pdf

In this book, Vyvyan Evans builds a framework for the understanding and analysis of meaning that is at once descriptively adequate and psychologically plausible. In so doing he also addresses current issues in lexical semantics and semantic compositionality, polysemy, figurative language, and the semantics of time and space.

Author : Karen Sullivan
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027272409

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Frames and Constructions in Metaphoric Language by Karen Sullivan Pdf

Frames and constructions in metaphoric language shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Recognition of these shared semantic structures, and comparison of their roles in metaphoric and non-metaphoric constructions, make it possible to apply findings from Frame Semantics, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar to understand how conceptual metaphor surfaces in language.

Author : Gaëtanelle Gilquin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027223135

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Corpus, Cognition and Causative Constructions by Gaëtanelle Gilquin Pdf

English causative constructions with "cause," "get," " have "and "make" are often mistakenly presented as (quasi-)synonymous and more or less interchangeable. This book demonstrates the value of corpus linguistics in identifying the syntactic, semantic, lexical and stylistic features that are distinctive for each of these constructions. It also underlines the usefulness of providing corpus studies with a solid theoretical foundation by showing how corpus linguistics can be fruitfully combined with cognitive linguistics, which is used both as a starting point for the analysis (top-down approach) and as a framework within which to interpret the corpus results (bottom-up approach). From a methodological point of view, the study illustrates the complementarity of corpus and elicitation data, and offers tools and methods that could be used to investigate other syntactic structures. Finally, the book also has a pedagogical dimension in that it examines how the research findings can be applied to foreign language teaching.