Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics. Second Revised Edition.

Cognitive Linguistics in Practice #1

by René Dirven (Editor), Marjolijn H. Verspoor (Editor)

Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics is designed as a comprehensive introductory text for first and second-year university students of language and linguistics. It provides a chapter on each of the more established areas in linguistics such a

Genres: Nonfiction, Linguistics

277 pages, ebook

First published November 1, 1998

Reviews

[Tyler Horton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good introduction to linguistics within a Cognitive Linguistics framework. It is important to realize that this is a more general introduction to linguistics and not an introduction to Cognitive Linguistics specifically.

Chapters are really well put together with plenty of well thought illustrative examples. I will admit that I only scanned the exercises at the end of each chapter but they look well worth the time.

I have read other introductions to linguistics so much of the material was relatively familiar. With that said, I was surprised at how similar it was to other non-cognitive linguistic materials. Perhaps more could have been done to explicitly carve out the space this work is occupying within the field, but I honestly don't know the field well enough to say if this was necessary.

Highly recommended for anyone looking for an introduction to linguistics.

[Fatih Bozdağ · Rating 5 out of 5]

such a great book to read...