Cognitive Paths into the Slavic Domain

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-11-019620-7
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 463 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 869 g

Reihe: Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]

The volume presents an overview of recent cognitive linguistic research on Slavic languages. Slavic languages, with their rich inflectional morphology in both the nominal and the verbal system, provide an important testing ground for a linguistic theory that seeks to motivate linguistic structure. Therefore, the volume touches upon a wide range of phenomena: it addresses issues related to the semantics of grammatical case, tense, aspect, voice and word order, it looks into grammaticalization and language change and discusses sound symbolism. At the same time, the analyses presented address a variety of theoretically important issues. Take for example the role of virtual entities in language or that of iconic motivation in grammar, the importance of metaphor for grammaticalization or that of subjectification for motivating synchronic polysemy and diachronic language change, as well as the myriad of patterns available to encode events in a non-canonical way or to convey the speaker's epistemic stance with respect to the communicated content. In addition, the analyses are couched in a variety of cognitive linguistic frameworks, such as cognitive grammar, mental space theory, construction grammar, frame semantics, grammaticalization theory, as well as prototype semantics. All in all, the analyses presented in this volume enrich the understanding of established aspects of the cognitive model of language and may serve as catalysts for their further development and refinement, making the volume a worthwhile read for Slavic and cognitive linguists alike.

Zielgruppe

Cognitive Linguists, Specialists in Slavic Languages, Academic Institutes and LibrariesProsody

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kochanska, Agata

Divjak, Dagmar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Slawische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Über Autor(innen)

Dagmar Divjak, University of Sheffield, UK; Agata Kochanska, Warsaw University, Poland.