Divjak, D.S. orcid.org/0000-0001-6825-8508, Levshina, N. and Klavan, J. (2016) Cognitive Linguistics: Looking Back, Looking Forward. Cognitive Linguistics, 27 (4). pp. 447-463. ISSN 0936-5907
Abstract
Since its conception, Cognitive Linguistics as a theory of language has been enjoying ever increasing success worldwide. With quantitative growth has come qualitative diversification, and within a now heterogeneous field, different – and at times opposing – views on theoretical and methodological matters have emerged. The historical “prototype” of Cognitive Linguistics may be described as predominantly of mentalist persuasion, based on introspection, specialized in analysing language from a synchronic point of view, focused on West-European data (English in particular), and showing limited interest in the social and multimodal aspects of communication. Over the past years, many promising extensions from this prototype have emerged. The contributions selected for the Special Issue take stock of these extensions along the cognitive, social and methodological axes that expand the cognitive linguistic object of inquiry across time, space and modality
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 De Gruyter Mouton. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Cognitive Linguistics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Cognitive Linguistics; Cognitive Commitment; Sociosemiotic Commitment; Introspection; Experimentation; Quantification |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of Languages and Cultures (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BRITISH ACADEMY (THE) MD140023 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2016 10:39 |
Last Modified: | 14 Oct 2017 17:19 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1515/cog-2016-0095 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | De Gruyter |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/cog-2016-0095 |
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