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dc.contributor.authorNesset, Tore
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-08T10:57:21Z
dc.date.available2023-05-08T10:57:21Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-26
dc.description.abstractCognitive linguistics and morphology bear the promise of a happy marriage. Cognitive linguistics provides theoretical concepts and analytical tools for empirical analysis, while morphology offers fertile ground for testing hypotheses and refining core concepts. It is no wonder, then, that numerous contributions to the field of morphology have been couched in cognitive linguistics, and that morphological phenomena have figured prominently in cognitive linguistics. Cognitive linguistics is a family of closely related frameworks that share the idea that language should be analyzed in terms of what is known about the mind and brain from disciplines other than linguistics. Cognitive linguistics furthermore adopts a semiotic perspective, claiming that the raison d’êtreof language is to convey meaning. Another central tenet is the usage-based approach, the idea that grammar emerges through usage, which implies a strong focus on language use in cognitive linguistics. An example of how cognitive linguistics relates morphology to general principles of cognition is the application of general principles of categorization to morphology. Morphological categories are analyzed as radial categories, that is, networks structured around a prototype. Such category networks can be comprised of the allomorphs of a morpheme or be used to model theoretical concepts such as paradigm and inflection class. The radial category is also instrumental in analyzing the meaning of morphological concepts. Rather than assuming abstract invariant meanings for morphemes, cognitive linguistics analyzes the meaning of morphological phenomena through networks of interrelated meanings. The relationships among the nodes in a category network are analyzed in terms of general cognitive processes, such as metaphor, metonymy, and blending. The usage-based approach of cognitive linguistics manifests itself in the strong focus on frequency effects in morphology. It is argued that frequency is an important structuring principle in cognition, and that frequent forms have a privileged status in a morphological paradigm.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNesset t: Morphology in Cognitive Linguistics. In: Aronoff M. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2017. Oxford University Pressen_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1694644
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.514
dc.identifier.isbn9780199384655
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/29160
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Allmenn språkvitenskap og fonetikk: 011en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::General linguistics and phonetics: 011en_US
dc.subjectKognitiv lingvistikk / Cognitive linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectMorfologi / Morphologyen_US
dc.titleMorphology in Cognitive Linguisticsen_US
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