Deep dives into big data: Best practices for synthesis of quantitative and qualitative analysis in Cognitive Linguistics

Abstract

The six articles in this special issue are exemplary studies that profile the current state-of-the art in cognitive linguistics, namely the synthesis of quantitative and qualitative linguistic analysis. This introduction is an opportunity to take stock of where cognitive linguistics started out, what kinds of approaches have been developed,andhowwehavearrivedatasynthesisinwhichempiricalexploration informs the interpretation of language phenomena.