This volume makes accessible a substantial range of recent research in Cognitive Grammar. From
disparate sources it brings together a dozen innovative papers revised and integrated to form
a coherent whole. This work continues the ongoing program of progressively articulating the
theoretical framework and showing its descriptive application to varied grammatical phenomena.
A number of major topics are examined in depth through multiple chapters viewing them from
different perspectives: grammatical constructions (their general nature their metonymic basis
their role in grammaticization) nominal grounding (quantifiers possessives impersonal it)
clausal grounding (its relation to nominal grounding an epistemic account of tense a systemic
view of the English auxiliary) the control cycle (an abstract cognitive model with many
linguistic manifestations) finite clauses (their internal structure and external grammar) and
complex sentences (complementation subordination coordination). In each case the presentation
builds from fundamentals and introduces the background needed for comprehension. At the same
time by bringing fresh approaches and new descriptive insights to classic problems it
represents a significant advance in understanding grammar and indicates future directions of
theory and research in the Cognitive Grammar framework. The book is of great interest to
students and practitioners of cognitive linguistics and to scholars in related areas.
