34.481, Books: Language Change and Cognitive Linguistics: Nesset

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Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:51:36
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Language Change and Cognitive Linguistics: Nesset

 


Title: Language Change and Cognitive Linguistics 
Subtitle: Case Studies from the History of Russian 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/cognitive-linguistics/language-change-and-cognitive-linguistics-case-studies-history-russian?format=PB 


Author: Tore Nesset

Paperback: ISBN:  9781009013536 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 22.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009013536 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 17.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009013536 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 19.84


Abstract:

The purpose of this Cambridge Element is to bring together three subfields of
the language sciences: cognitive, historical (diachronic), and Russian
linguistics. Although diachrony has inspired a number of important works in
recent years, historical linguistics is still underrepresented in cognitive
linguistics, and the most influential publications mainly concern the history
of English. This is an unfortunate bias, especially since its lack of
morphological complexity makes English a typologically unusual language. In
this Cambridge Element, the author demonstrates that Russian has a lot to
offer the historically oriented cognitive linguist, given its well-documented
history and complex phonology and morpho-syntax. Through seven case studies
the author illustrates the relevance of four basic tenets of Cognitive
Grammar: the cognitive, semiotic, network, and usage-based commitments.
 



1. Introduction; 2. The cognitive commitment; 3. The semiotic commitment – the
form/meaning bipolar representation; 4. The network commitment – language as a
'constructicon'; 5. The usage-based commitment; 6. Conclusion: language change
in cognitive grammar.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Language Acquisition


Written In: English  (eng)

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