Cognitive Linguistics between Universality and Variation.

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Author / Creator:Brdar, Mario.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (471 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168847
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Other authors / contributors:Raffaelli, Ida.
Zic-Fuchs, Milena.
ISBN:9781443842860
1443842869
9781299644144
1299644147
9781443840576
1443840572
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:"This volume takes up the challenge of assessing the present state of Cognitive Linguistics on the cutting edge between universality and variability. Claims of universality have never been explicitly articulated by cognitive linguists but studies on embodiment, motivation and cognitive processes such as metaphor, metonymy, and conceptual integration rely on general cognitive abilities and hence tacitly assume cross-linguistic commonalities. Variability Otherin a language and across languages h ...
Other form:Print version: 9781443840576