Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0195514246
- ISBN-13
- 9780195514247
- Series
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Author
- David Lee
Description
Cognitive linguistics challenges many of the basic assumptions of more traditional approaches. In this text, the author draws on the relationship between language and perspective, and sets out to make the theory accessible to readers who have no prior training in the discipline.
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