In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as
memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition--the functions in which the …

A general introduction to the area of theoretical linguistics known as cognitive linguistics, this
textbook provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field, including recent …

Conceptual integration—“blending”—is a general cognitive operation on a par with analogy,
recursion, mental modeling, conceptual categorization, and framing. It serves a variety of …

Learning About Language is an exciting and ambitious series of introductions to
fundamental topics in language, linguistics and related areas. The books are designed for …

A pioneering text in its first edition, this revised publication of Cognitive Poetics offers a
rigorous and principled approach to literary reading and analysis. The second edition of this …

An interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians;
what politicians actually do on'the backstage'in political organizations. The book offers …

In the sign languages of the deaf some signs can meaningfully point toward things or can be
meaningfully placed in the space ahead of the signer. Such spatial uses of signs are an …

How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories
have only partially accounted for the variety of language comprehension evoked in …

'Metaphor in Educational Discourse is a superb piece of applied linguistics research that
integrates Vygotsky's theory of concepts with current work on metaphor into a coherent …

Foundations of meaning: Primary metaphors and primary scenes Foundations of meaning:
Primary metaphors and primary scenes Abstract Linguistic evidence reveals strong cognitive …