posted on 2017-07-24, 10:43authored byRonald W. Langacker
These lectures provide a basic
introduction to the linguistic theory known as Cognitive Grammar. It is argued
that a conceptualist semantics, well motivated in its own terms, provides the
basis for a symbolic view of grammar. Consisting in the structuring and
symbolization of conceptual content, grammar is inherently meaningful, and
basic grammatical notions have conceptual characterizations. An account is
given of grammatical categories, markings, and constructions. A number of
central topics are examined in detail, including subjects, possessives,
locatives, voice, and impersonals.