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Title Cognitive linguistics in action : from theory to application and back / edited by Elżbieta Tabakowska, Michal Choinski, Lukasz Wiraszka
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 411 pages) : illustrations
Series Applications of cognitive linguistics ; 14
Applications of cognitive linguistics ; 14.
Contents Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Theory informing applications, applications informing theory; Looking back at 30 years of Cognitive Linguistics; Recontextualizing Grammar: Underlying trends in thirty years of Cognitive Linguistics; How theory informs teaching and how teaching informs theory; Why not? Prototypes and blocking of language change in Russian verbs; A prototype-based taxonomy of idiomatic expressions; Control and the mind/body duality: Knowing vs. eÞecting; A discourse perspective to nominal reference-point constructions; Lexicalizing indirect path: Focus on Finnish motion verbs
A cognitive approach to parenthetical speechUsing RST to analyze subjectivity in text and talk; Typology meets witness narratives and memory: Theory and practice entwined in Cognitive Linguistics; Cross-cultural variation in idiomatic expression: Insights from Conceptual Metaphor Theory and implications for Translation Studies; Mundane Transcendence? Conceptualisations of faith in prosperity theology; From GOD IS A FATHER to GOD IS A FRIEND. Conceptual integration in metaphors for God in Christian discourse; Backmatter
Summary The book gathers papers delineating new perspectives for Cognitive Linguistics research. While prominent scholars demonstrate how application can inform theory, their younger colleagues prove the value of CL methodologies in novel applications. The book is also of use to scholars of other disciplines, such as discourse and translation studies, theology, rhetoric, speech therapy and so forth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Cognitive grammar.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
Cognitive grammar
Language and languages -- Study and teaching
Cognitieve linguïstiek.
Form Electronic book
Author Tabakowska, Elżbieta
Choiński, Michał, 1983-
Wiraszka, Łukasz, 1982-
ISBN 9783110226096
311022609X