Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Grammar

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What is the key focus of Radical Construction Grammar according to the text?

Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective (correct)
Syntax and Semantics
Constructions at Work
Argument-Structure Approach to Construction Grammar

Which of the following is a key work on Cognitive Grammar mentioned in the text?

Syntax and Semantics 4
Women Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind (correct)
Lectures on Government and Binding
Linguistic Gestalts

What is the key focus of Construction Grammar according to the text?

Constructions at Work
The proper treatment of quantification in ordinary English
Linguistic Gestalts
Constructions: An Argument-Structure Approach (correct)

Which linguist is associated with the development of Radical Construction Grammar according to the text?

William Croft (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which linguist is associated with the development of Cognitive Grammar according to the text?

Ronald Langacker (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which linguist is associated with the development of Construction Grammar according to the text?

Adele Goldberg (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the central status of meaning in cognitive linguistic approaches to grammar according to the passage?

Meaning achieves central status in cognitive linguistic approaches to grammar because the fundamental element is the symbolic unit. (D) Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what is the consequence of there not being a principled distinction between the study of semantics and syntax in cognitive linguistic approaches to grammar?

The study of grammar is the study of the full range of units that make up a language, from the lexical to the grammatical. (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the 'lexicon-grammar continuum' that cognitive linguists posit according to the passage?

A range of symbolic units that exhibit qualitative differences in terms of their schematicity. (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what is an example of a highly schematic symbolic unit at the 'other end' of the lexicon-grammar continuum?

The ditransitive construction (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does the passage say about words in relation to the lexicon-grammar continuum?

Words lie at the 'lexical' end of the lexicon-grammar continuum. (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of cognitive linguistic approaches to grammar according to the passage?

The study of the full range of units that make up a language, from the lexical to the grammatical. (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following works introduced the theory of Cognitive Grammar?

Foundations of Cognitive Grammar, vol 1 by Ronald W. Langacker (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the central tenet of Cognitive Grammar?

Grammar is based on meaning and conceptualization. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which work introduced the theory of Conceptual Blending?

The Way We Think by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which theory is closely related to Cognitive Grammar?

Construction Grammar (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which work introduced the Embodied Cognition framework?

Philosophy in the Flesh by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which work introduced the theory of Radical Construction Grammar?

None of the works mentioned introduced Radical Construction Grammar. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Radical Construction Grammar

A linguistic theory emphasizing the role of constructions, or patterns, in grammar.

Cognitive Grammar

A linguistic theory viewing grammar as based on meaning and conceptualization.