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Cognitive Linguistics übung im Sommersemester 2004 Dozentin: Monika Bednarek, M.A. 10.5.2004 Organisatorisches Goals of module The structure of this module Course Content Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction Organisatorisches Email: mb399@yahoo.co.uk Sprechstunde: Goals of this module This class aims to introduce you to Cognitive Linguistics, by explaining and applying its key concerns: prototypes, categories, metaphors, metonymy, and frames. In doing so, not only will you gain insight into a new approach to linguistics, but you will also learn more about how human cognition seems to work. (VLvz) The structure of this module Cognitive linguistics (CL): an introduction Prototypes and categories Levels of categorization Frames Figure and ground Conceptual metaphors and metonymies Other issues in CL Most sessions will follow this pattern: Short refreshment of last time Introducing new topics Group activities Summary 1. Cognitive Linguistics: an Introduction What is CL and where does it fit in? The term cognitive: ?Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.‘ (COBUILD) In that many modern linguists recognize that language knowledge resides in the minds of speakers they might be said to practice ?cognitive‘ linguistics Chomskyan linguistics as ?cognitive linguistics‘ and the ?cognitive turn‘ in linguistics Syntactic Structures (Chomsky 1957), Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (Chomsky 1965): grammar exists in speakers‘ minds; innate UG; language as autonomous component of the mind: knowledge of language forms an autonomous module/faculty independent of other mental processes Cognitive Linguistics: definitions and descriptions ?[A] descriptive label for a rather broad movement within modern linguistics. It includes a variety of approaches, methodologies, and emphases, which are, however, unified by a number of common assumptions. Foremost among these is the belief that language forms an integral part of human c