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Cognitive Foundations of Grammar Book

The author argues that as the main function of language is to convey meaning language structure must be considered with reference to this function. A treatment is provided of the ways in which structure and usage can be explained with reference to the processes underlying human conceptualization.Read More

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    The main function of language is to convey meaning. The question of why language is structured the way it is, Heine here argues, has therefore to be answered first of all with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations in terms of other exponents of language structure, e.g. of syntax, are likely to highlight peripheral or epi-phenomenal rather than central characteristics of language structure. This book uses basic findings on grammaticalization processes to describe the role of cognitive forces in shaping grammar. It provides students with an introductory treatment of a field of linguistics that has developed recently and is rapidly expanding.

  • 0195102525
  • 9780195102529
  • Bernd Heine
  • 22 January 1998
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 200
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