Historical Cognitive Linguistics

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2011

Historical Cognitive Linguistics

Edited by: Margaret E. Winters , Heli Tissari and Kathryn Allan

Volume 47 in the series Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110226447

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About this book

The volume explores the ways in which language change is studied within the framework of Cognitive Linguistics, a semantics-based theory of language production and perception. The eleven chapters explore two kinds of changes: firstly, those which involve mental prototypes or 'best instances' of particular concepts and extensions of these prototypes, and secondly, those which relate to conceptual networks, for example via metaphor or metonymy. More specifically, the papers address syntactic and lexical change, as well as the evolution of language and changes in the expression - usually metaphoric - of emotions.

In presenting a wide range of current work of this kind, the volume demonstrates the value of cross-fertilization between historical and cognitive linguistics, and is intended to open the way for further related research. The included papers are of particular relevance to those working in metaphor theory and syntactic / semantic change within Cognitive Linguistics, but will also be of interest to other historical linguists and those studying cognitive semantics and metaphor from a synchronic viewpoint.

Author / Editor information

Margaret E. Winters, Wayne State University, USA; Heli Tissari, University of Helsinki, Finland; Kathryn Allan, University College London, UK.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Table of contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
1. History and Development
Introduction: On the emergence of diachronic cognitive linguistics Margaret E. Winters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. The Evolution of Language
On constructing a research model for historical cognitive linguistics (HCL): Some theoretical considerations Roslyn M. Frank and Nathalie Gontier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Metaphor in discourse history Andreas Musolff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
3. Cognitive Approaches to Syntactic Change
Where do beneficiaries come from and how do they come about? Sources for beneficiary expressions in Classical Greek and the typology of beneficiary Silvia Luraghi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Finite and gerundive complementation in Modern and Present-day English: Semantics, variation and change Liesbet Heyvaert and Hubert Cuyckens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
4. Cognitive Approaches to Meaning
Tracing metonymic polysemy through time: material for object mappings in the OED Kathryn Allan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
The roles of reader construal and lexicographic authority in the interpretation of Middle English texts Louise Sylvester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
5. The Expression of Emotions over Time
Conceptual networking theory in metaphor evolution: Diachronic variation in models of love Richard Trim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Cognitive historical approaches to emotions: Pride Małgorzata Fabiszak and Anna Hebda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
English words for emotions and their metaphors Heli Tissari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
6. Afterword
Prospects for the past: Perspectives for cognitive diachronic semantics Dirk Geeraerts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Cognitive Linguists, Historical Linguists
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 360
Keywords: Cognitive Linguistics; Historical Linguistics

eBook

Published: December 23, 2010
ISBN: 9783110226447

Hardcover

Published: December 13, 2010
ISBN: 9783110226430