Evans Vyvyan, Bergen Benjamin K., Zinken Jörg (Editors). The Cognitive Linguistics Reader

Equinox, 2007. — xiv, 974 pages. — (Advances in Cognitive Linguistics). — ISBN: 139781845531096; ISBN13: 9781845531102.This Reader constitutes a representative collection of articles, many of them classics, from leading figures in cognitive linguistics. The articles have been selected in order to represent the range, scope and diversity of the cognitive linguistics enterprise. Also included is an overview essay, specifically written for this volume, which provides a survey of the cognitive linguistics enterprise, thereby setting the scene for the remaining articles.The articles have been placed in thematic groupings, reflecting the core areas of research in cognitive linguistics. While each article within a particular section has been selected for its importance, articles have been carefully chosen in order to represent different aspects of the particular area in question. As cognitive linguistics constitutes an enterprise made up of a collection of theories based on a few shared assumptions, rather than forming a single closely-articulated theory, the rationale in selecting articles has been to choose those articles which are most representative of a specific perspective in a given area. The articles in the Reader are drawn from a cross-section of the output from some of the most influential and recognisable figures in cognitive linguistics. The areas which have been selected include all the main areas associated with cognitive linguistics.The sections are entitled:Overview;
Empirical methods in cognitive linguistics;
Prototypes, polysemy and word-meaning;
Metaphor, metonymy and blending;
Cognitive approaches to grammar,
Conceptual structure in language;
Language acquisition, diversity and change.The Reader also features brief sectional introductions - designed to help readers contextualise the papers in that section – and an annotated further reading list at the end of the volume, designed to provide a route for further study and research.