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A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics A Glossar A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics VYVYAN EVANS y of Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive linguistics is one of the most rapidly expanding schools in linguistics with, by now, an impressive and complex technical vocabulary. This alphabetic guide gives an up-to-date introduction to the key terms in cognitive linguistics, covering all the major theories, approaches, ideas and many of the relevant theoretical constructs. The Glossary also features a brief introduction to cognitive linguistics, a detailed annotated reading list and a listing of some of the key researchers in cognitive linguistics. The Glossary can be used as a companion volume to Cognitive Linguistics, by Vyvyan Evans and Melanie Green, or as a stand-alone introduction to cognitive linguistics and its two hitherto best developed sub-branches: cognitive semantics, and cognitive approaches to grammar. Key features • A handy and easily understandable pocket guide for anyone embarking on courses in cognitive linguistics, and language and mind. • Supplies numerous cross-references to related terms. • Includes coverage of newer areas such as Radical Construction Grammar, Embodied Construction Grammar, Primary Metaphor Theory and Principled Polysemy. VYVYAN EVANS Vyvyan Evans is Professor of Cognitive Linguistics at the University of Brighton and author and editor of numerous books relating to cognitive linguistics. These include: The Structure of Time: The Semantics of English Prepositions (with Andrea Tyler); Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction (with Melanie Green); and The Cognitive Linguistics Reader (co-edited with Benjamin Bergen and A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics Jörg Zinken). His research relates to cognitive lexical semantics, meaning- construction, conceptual structure and figurative language. VYVYAN EVANS Cover design: River Design, Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 22 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LF ISBN 978 0 7486 2280 1 www.eup.ed.ac.uk Edinb barcode ur gh ‘This Glossary is impressively exhaustive in its coverage. It will be an indispensable aid to students in linguistics and other disciplines who need to understand a theory which is now coming of age, and advanced researchers will also find it a useful companion both for reference and for helping to access original texts.’ Professor Chris Sinha, University of Portsmouth ‘Cognitive Linguistics is now developing rapidly, and, like all new fields, this one has developed its own technical meta-language. Anyone needing a jargon-free guide through this fascinating new terrain will find exactly what is needed in Vyv Evans’ joined-up explanations of the landmark concepts and theories. The Glossary is far more than an alphabetical list – it gives unity and coherence to the Cognitive Linguistics project.’ Professor Paul Chilton, University of Lancaster TITLES IN THE SERIES INCLUDE Peter Trudgill A Glossary of Sociolinguistics 978 0 7486 1623 7 Jean Aitchison A Glossary of Language and Mind 978 0 7486 1824 8 Laurie Bauer A Glossary of Morphology 978 0 7486 1853 8 Alan Davies A Glossary of Applied Linguistics 978 0 7486 1854 5 Geoffrey Leech A Glossary of English Grammar 978 0 7486 1729 6 Paul Baker, Andrew Hardie and Tony McEnery A Glossary of Corpus Linguistics 978 0 7486 2018 0 Alan Cruse A Glossary of Semantics and Pragmatics 978 0 7486 2111 8 Philip Carr A Glossary of Phonology 978 0 7486 2234 4 Lyle Campbell and Mauricio J. Mixco A Glossary of Historical Linguistics 978 0 7486 2379 2 A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics Vyvyan Evans Edinburgh University Press This book is dedicated to Max and Isabella © Vyvyan Evans, 2007 Edinburgh University Press Ltd 22 George Square, Edinburgh Typeset in Sabon by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester, and printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wilts A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7486 2279 5 (hardback) ISBN 978 0 7486 2280 1 (paperback) The right of Vyvyan Evans to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Contents Preface vi Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics 1 Annotated Further Reading 225 Authors Mentioned 234 Preface About cognitive linguistics Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought that originally emerged in the early 1970s. It is also firmly rooted in the emergence of modern cognitive science in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in work relating to human categorisation, and in earlier traditions such as Gestalt psychology. Cognitive linguistics is primarily con- cerned with investigating the relationship between lan- guage, the mind and socio-physical experience. The earliest pioneers in cognitive linguistics were responding, in part, to dissatisfaction with formal approaches to language. Early research, especially in the 1970s, was dominated by a rela- tively small group of scholars based on the western seaboard of the United States. During the 1980s, cognitive linguistic research began to take root in northern continen- tal Europe, particularly in Belgium, Holland and Germany. By the early 1990s, there was a growing proliferation of research in cognitive linguistics throughout Europe and North America, and a relatively large internationally dis- tributed group of researchers who identified themselves as ‘cognitive linguists’. In 1989/1990, the International Cognitive Linguistics Society was established, together with the journal Cognitive Linguistics. In the words of Ronald Langacker ([1991] 2002: xv), this ‘marked the birth of cognitive linguistics as a broadly grounded, self conscious A GLOSSARY OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS vii intellectual movement.’ Today, cognitive linguistics is one of the most rapidly expanding schools of theoretical lin- guistics with a flourishing international cognitive linguistics community and national cognitive linguistics associations in many countries throughout the world. Due to its inter- disciplinary nature, it is also one of the most exciting areas of study within cognitive science. Further details about cognitive linguistics, including its historical development, its founding principles and assump- tions, and some of the main theoretical approaches which populate it, are provided in an article length overview: see Evans, Bergen and Zinken (2007). For a comprehensive book-length introduction see Evans and Green (2006). About this Glossary This Glossary represents an introduction to the hitherto two best developed areas of cognitive linguistics: cognitive semantics and cognitive approaches to grammar. That is, this Glossary represents an introduction to terms that have a special status in cognitive linguistics. Hence, it is not a Glossary of terms in general linguistics nor in cognitive science. Accordingly, it does not include entries for terms that have currency outside cognitive linguistics, unless such terms have a ‘special’ status or interpretation within cognitive linguistics. One of the difficulties in compiling a book of this sort lies in the fact that cognitive linguistics (and its two significant sub-branches) represents an approach to the study of lan- guage, the mind and embodied experience, rather than a single closely articulated theory. The consequence of this is that now, after nearly three decades since the publication of Lakoff and Johnson’s Metaphors We Live By in 1980, there is a wide range of distinctive theoretical frameworks which are cognitive linguistic in nature, and which each have their own specialist terms and vocabulary. viii A GLOSSARY OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS To be sure, there are many terms employed in cognitive linguistics that enjoy wide currency within the field. Nevertheless, there are many others which are primarily used within the context of one of the two main sub- branches. There are also other terms that are only used in the context of a specific approach or theory. Hence there are inherent difficulties in selecting the terms to be covered so as to avoid a volume of this sort becoming too unwieldy. In order to constrain the nature and scope of terms covered in this volume, the selection has been based on the terms used in Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction, authored by Vyvyan Evans and Melanie Green. For the most part I have selected from the terms used in that book as the basis for this volume, with a few additions. This has necessarily meant that some relatively important terms are not covered in this volume. However, this would have been the case even with a volume twice the size of the present one. The rationale behind selecting terms based on the Evans and Green book is that the present volume, while it could indeed be used as a stand-alone work of ref- erence, can also be employed by instructors and students as a companion volume to the Evans and Green textbook. This, I hope, will bring with it more advantages than dis- advantages, not least in that it provides a handy listing in A–Z format of many of the key terms featured in the Evans and Green textbook. The entries provided in this Glossary have been written in a way so that related terms from within the same theory can be read in conjunction with one another, providing a useable characterisation of a related and overlapping set of ideas rather than merely providing ‘dictionary-like’ def- initions. Entries contain items in bold-face, which lead to further entries. By following items in bold-face through the Glossary, it is envisaged that the reader should be able A GLOSSARY OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ix to get a basic grasp of the key theories, approaches, prin- ciples and other ideas in cognitive linguistics and some of the key theoretical constructs within each of the theories and approaches covered. The reader can then refer to the Evans and Green textbook introduction for more detailed explication and examples. Alternatively, the interested reader can use the Glossary as a means of delving deeper into the by now voluminous literature in cognitive linguistics. In order to aid this process, the Glossary features an annotated list of further reading at the end of the book. This includes textbooks, works of reference and essential ‘primary literature’ addressing all the areas of cognitive linguistics covered in the Glossary.
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