Social cognition is the scientific study of the cognitive events underlying social thought and
attitudes. Currently, the field's prevailing theoretical perspectives are the traditional schema …

This chapter reviews research on L1ers' individual differences in the proficiency of
understanding and speaking their L1, as a function of age and/or level of education. In …

Cognitive Development and Cognitive Neuroscience: The Learning Brain is a thoroughly
revised edition of the bestselling Cognitive Development. The new edition of this full-colour …

Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) is an inter-disciplinary approach to language in use, which
aims to advance our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social …

This is a book about grammar, broadly conceived, and ideology. I do not mean here
attitudes towards grammar, such as the prescriptivism of people concerned with a perceived …

A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be
described in terms of geometric structures. In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter Gärdenfors …

The third edition of this significant and groundbreaking book summarizes current research
into how young children learn mathematics and how best to develop foundational …

A general introduction to the area of theoretical linguistics known as cognitive linguistics, this
textbook provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field, including recent …

This study advances a model for Critical Discourse Analysis which draws on Evolutionary
Psychology and Cognitive Linguistics, applied in a critical analysis of immigration discourse …

What makes human beings so innovative, so adept at rapid, creative thinking? Where do
new ideas come from, and once we have them, how can we carry them mentally into new …