Cognitive Sociolinguistics draws on the rich theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and
focuses on the social factors that underlie the variability of meaning and conceptualization.
In the last decade the field has expanded in various way. The current volume takes stock of
current and emerging advances in the field in short academic contributions. The studies
collected in this book have a usage-based approach to language variation and change drawing on
the theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and are sensitive to social variation be it
cross-linguistic or language-internal. Three types of contributions are collected in this book.
First it contains theoretical overview papers on the domains that have witnessed expansion in
recent years. Second it presents novel research ideas in proof-of-concept contributions aimed
at blue-sky research and out-of-the-box linguistic analyses. Third it showcases recent
empirical studies within the field. By combining these three types of contributions the book
provides an encompassing overview of novel developments in the field of Cognitive
Sociolinguistics.
