Cognitive Linguistics: A Neat Theory for Messy Data
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12129Dato
2017Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
Sammendrag
We outline some recent highlights in the application of cognitive linguistic
theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of Slavic languages. A
principal strength of cognitive linguistics is the way it focuses our attention on the
continuous nature of linguistic phenomena. Rather than positing rigid categories and
strict definitions, cognitive linguistics addresses the messy realities of language, facilitating
the extraction of coherent patterns from the noise of human communication.
We follow a thematic arrangement motivated by the types of variation we observe
in language and the analyses proposed by Slavic linguists. These include variation
across meaning and form, across modalities and genres, and across time and speakers.
Beskrivelse
Accepted manuscript version. Published version available in Journal of Slavic Studies 2017, no 25(2), s. 369-387