内容简介
CognitiveLinguistics:BasicReadingsisspecificallydesignedforanintroductorycourseinCognitiveLinguistics.Itbringstogethertwelvefoundationalarticlesbyleadingfiguresinthefield,eachofwhichintroducesoneofthebasicconceptsofCognitiveLinguistics,likeconceptualmetaphor,imageschemas,mentalspaces,constructiongrammar,prototypicalityandradialsets.Theintroductorypurposesofthecollectionaresupportedbyanintroductiontothetheoryand,speafically,thepracticeofCognitiveLinguisticsandbytrajectoriesforfurtherreadingthatstartoutfromtheindividualchapters.