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 …

Foundations of meaning: Primary metaphors and primary scenes Foundations of meaning:
Primary metaphors and primary scenes Abstract Linguistic evidence reveals strong cognitive …

In the past decade, Cognitive Linguistics has developed into one of the most dynamic and
attractive frameworks within theoretical and descriptive linguistics The Oxford Handbook of …

Cognitive research on metaphoric concepts of time has focused on differences between
moving Ego and moving time models, but even more basic is the contrast between Ego‐and …

This article explores lexical polysemy through an in-depth examination of the English
preposition over. Working within a cognitive linguistic framework, the present study …

The main goal of verbal metaphor interpretation is traditionally believed to be the recovery of
a context-sensitive metaphorical meaning. One focus of experimental studies is to assess …

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This article focuses on cognitive linguistic research in spatial semantics, that is, the meaning
of spatial language that regards language as an integrated part of human cognition. This …

The chapters in this volume were written in response to a call for papers in August 1999,
inviting linguists to explore linguistic properties of verbs which are used to describe some …

Recent years have witnessed growing interest in cognitive linguistics (CL) and its potential
insights for L2 learning. However, few experimental investigations have applied a CL …