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Cognitive Linguistics: A Complete Guide, 3rd Edition

Cognitive Linguistics: A Complete Guide, 3rd Edition

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LinguisticsCognitionGeneral Psychology

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ISBN10: 1399569856
ISBN13: 9781399569859
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Pages: 944
Language: English

Now in its third edition, Cognitive Linguistics: A Complete Guide by Vyvyan Evans remains the definitive introduction to one of the most dynamic fields in language study. Blending clarity, depth, and intellectual ambition, Evans guides readers through the relationship between language, mind, meaning and human experience with unmatched authority and accessibility.

The book covers all aspects of the relationship between language and mind, as well as applications and extensions of cognitive linguistics to the study of text, literature, discourse, society and language learning. This new edition expands the scope of the book with four entirely new chapters exploring emerging debates, interdisciplinary applications, and cutting-edge developments shaping contemporary cognitive linguistics. From conceptual structure and metaphor to grammar, discourse, and cognition, every chapter has been revised to reflect the latest research and theoretical advances. Rich with critical insights, case studies, exercises, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, a glossary, and over 200 tables and figures, the book is ideal for students taking courses in Cognitive Linguistics; Cognitive Semantics; Cognitive Approaches to Grammar or to Conceptual Structure and Mind, as well as courses on Language and Mind and Psychology of Language.

Comprehensive yet engaging, this landmark volume offers the most complete and up-to-date roadmap to the cognitive linguistic enterprise available today. Essential reading for anyone exploring language, meaning, and cognition.

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