Cognitive linguistics convergence and expansion (John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011)
The present volume is a collection of contributions originally presented as keynote talks or as regular papers at the International Cognitive Linguistics Conference Converging and Diverging Tendencies in Cognitive Linguistics, held in Dubrovnik (Croatia), October 17-18, 2005, as well as some chapters specially commissioned for this volume
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cognitive Linguistics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Editors and contributors; Introduction; 1. Background and introduction; 2. The contributions to this volume; 2.1 Setting the scene; 2.2 Consolidating the paradigm; 2.3 Expanding the paradigm; Part 1. Setting the scene; Convergence in cognitive linguistics; References; An overview of cognitive linguistics; 1. Historical context of CL; 2. Basic theoretical and methodological principles of CL; 2.1 Basic theoretical principles; 2.2 Methodological principles; 3. Main directions and current research tendencies in CL.
Cognitive Linguistics is not a unified theory of language but rather a set of flexible and mutually compatible theoretical frameworks. Whether these frameworks can or should stabilize into a unified theory is open to debate. One set of contributions to the volume focuses on evidence that strengthens the basic tenets of CL concerning e.g. non-modularity, meaning, and embodiment. A second set of chapters explores the expansion of the general CL paradigm and the incorporation of theoretical insights from other disciplines and their methodologies - a development that could lead to competing and mu