18 Questions
What is the key focus of Radical Construction Grammar according to the text?
Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective
Which of the following is a key work on Cognitive Grammar mentioned in the text?
Women Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind
What is the key focus of Construction Grammar according to the text?
Constructions: An Argument-Structure Approach
Which linguist is associated with the development of Radical Construction Grammar according to the text?
William Croft
Which linguist is associated with the development of Cognitive Grammar according to the text?
Ronald Langacker
Which linguist is associated with the development of Construction Grammar according to the text?
Adele Goldberg
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Which of the following works introduced the theory of Cognitive Grammar?
Foundations of Cognitive Grammar, vol 1 by Ronald W. Langacker
What is the central tenet of Cognitive Grammar?
Grammar is based on meaning and conceptualization.
Which work introduced the theory of Conceptual Blending?
The Way We Think by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner
Which theory is closely related to Cognitive Grammar?
Construction Grammar
Which work introduced the Embodied Cognition framework?
Philosophy in the Flesh by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
Which work introduced the theory of Radical Construction Grammar?
None of the works mentioned introduced Radical Construction Grammar.
Explore the significance of meaning in grammar according to cognitive linguistic approaches. Learn about the relationship between form and meaning, the integration of semantics and syntax, and the study of language units from lexical to grammatical levels.
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