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Cognitive Linguistics Research 34
Editors Dirk Geeraerts ´ Rene Dirven John R. Taylor Honorary editor Ronald W. Langacker
Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York
Cognitive Linguistics: Basic Readings
Edited by Dirk Geeraerts
Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York
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Cognitive linguistics : basic readings / edited by Dirk Geeraerts. p. cm. (Cognitive linguistics research ; 34) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-3-11-019084-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 3-11-019084-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-3-11-019085-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 3-11-019085-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Cognitive grammar. I. Geeraerts, Dirk, 1955 P165.C6424 2006 415 dc22 2006023786
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ISBN-13: 978-3-11-019084-7 ISBN-10: 3-11-019084-2 ISSN 1861-4132
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Contents
Introduction A rough guide to Cognitive Linguistics Dirk Geeraerts Chapter 1 Cognitive Grammar Introduction to Concept, Image, and Symbol Ronald W. Langacker Chapter 2 Grammatical construal The relation of