EAN: 9783110226430

HISTORICAL COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS GEBUNDEN

The volume explores the ways in which language change is studied within the framework of
Cognitive Linguistics  a semantics-based theory of language production and perception. The
eleven chapters explore two kinds of changes: firstly  those which involve mental prototypes or
'best instances' of particular concepts and extensions of these prototypes  and secondly  those
which relate to conceptual networks  for example via metaphor or metonymy. More specifically 
the papers address syntactic and lexical change  as well as the evolution of language and
changes in the expression - usually metaphoric - of emotions.In presenting a wide range of
current work of this kind  the volume demonstrates the value of cross-fertilization between
historical and cognitive linguistics  and is intended to open the way for further related
research. The included papers are of particular relevance to those working in metaphor theory
and syntactic   semantic change within Cognitive Linguistics  but will also be of interest to
other historical linguists and those studying cognitive semantics and metaphor from a
synchronic viewpoint.

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