Cognitive sociolinguistics: language variation, cultural models, social systems

A union of Cognitive Linguistics and Sociolinguistics was bound to happen. Both proclaim a usage-based approach to language and aim to analyse actual language use in objective ways. Whereas Sociolinguistics is by nature on the outlook for language in its variety, CL can no longer afford to ignore so...

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Other Authors: Kristiansen, Gitte 1966- (Editor), Dirven, René 1932-2016 (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, New York Mouton de Gruyter [2008]
© 2008
Series:Cognitive linguistics research 39
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199154
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199154
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199154
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199154
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199154
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199154
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199154
Summary:A union of Cognitive Linguistics and Sociolinguistics was bound to happen. Both proclaim a usage-based approach to language and aim to analyse actual language use in objective ways. Whereas Sociolinguistics is by nature on the outlook for language in its variety, CL can no longer afford to ignore social variation in language as it manifests itself in the usage data. Nor can it fail to adopt an empirical methodology that reflects variation as it actually occurs, beyond the limited knowledge of the individual observer. Conversely, while CL can only benefit from a heightened sensitivity to social
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 545 Seiten) Diagramme
ISBN:9783110199154
DOI:10.1515/9783110199154