Pütz Martin, Niemeier Susanne, Dirven René (eds.) Applied Cognitive Linguistics. I: Theory and Language Acquisition

De Gruyter Mouton, 2001. — 301 p. — (Cognitive Linguistics Research, 19.1). — ISBN 3110172216, 9783110172218.As a usage-based language theory, cognitive linguistics is predestined to have an impact on applied research in such areas as language in society, ideology, language acquisition, language pedagogy. The present volumes are a first systematic attempt to carve out pathways from the links between language and cognition to the fields of language acquisition and language pedagogy and to deal with them in one coherent framework: applied cognitive linguistics.Introduction. Martin Pütz, René Dirven and Susanne Niemeier.
Cognitive approaches to the English tense system
Cognitive linguistics, language pedagogy, and the English present tense. Ronald W. Langacker
Pretend play: trial ground for the simple present. Jenny Cook-Gumperz and Amy Kyratzis
The relation between experience, conceptual structure and meaning: non-temporal uses of tense and language teaching. Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans
Facets of prototypes in grammatical constructions
Grammatical constructions and their discourse origins: prototype or family resemblance? Paul J. Hopper
Transitivity parameter and prominence typology: a cross-linguistic study. Sang Hwan Seongχ Contents
Neurocognitive and cognitive issues of language acquisition in general
Learning syntax - a neurocognitive approach. Sydney M. Lamb
Conceptual primes in early language development, Cliff Goddard
No preposition required. The role of prepositions for the understanding of spatial relations in language acquisition. Katharina J. Rohlfing
The 'Graded Salience Hypothesis' in second language acquisition. Istvan Kecskes
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