cognitive linguistics
The topic of seminar: The main trends of Cognitive Linguistics in works of foreign (American and European) scientists
Problem task: What principles of cognitive linguistics did G. Lakoff pay much attention at ?
Describe his idea. Describe the study of spatial relationships and types of movement in the conceptualization of language,
the concept of imaginative schemes and types of schemes.
Describe the study of body based consciousness and language of humans.
The idea of the concept of embodiment.
Make a classification of areas and approaches, allocated in cognitive linguistics by foreign authors.
Present it as a flowchart (структурная схема).
Lecture 6.The main trends of Cognitive Linguistics in works of foreign scientists.
Aims:
To view the main approaches to Cognitive Linguistics in works of foreign authors
To trace the similarities and differences of foreign and native approaches.
The cognitive linguistics enterprise is characterized by two fundamental commitments (Lakoff 1990). These underlie both the orientation and approach adopted by practicing cognitive linguists, and the assumptions and methodologies employed in the two main branches of the cognitive linguistics enterprise: cognitive semantics, and cognitive approaches to grammar, discussed in further detail in later sections. The first key commitment is the Generalization Commitment (Lakoff 1990). It represents a dedication to characterizing general principles that apply to all aspects of human language. This goal is just a special subcase of the standard commitment in science to seek the broadest generalizations possible. In contrast to the cognitive linguistics approach, other approaches to the study of language often separate the language faculty into distinct areas such as phonology (sound), semantics (word and sentence meaning), pragmatics (meaning in discourse context), morphology (word structure), syntax (sentence structure), and so on. As a consequence, there is often little basis
Problem task: What principles of cognitive linguistics did G. Lakoff pay much attention at ?
Describe his idea. Describe the study of spatial relationships and types of movement in the conceptualization of language,
the concept of imaginative schemes and types of schemes.
Describe the study of body based consciousness and language of humans.
The idea of the concept of embodiment.
Make a classification of areas and approaches, allocated in cognitive linguistics by foreign authors.
Present it as a flowchart (структурная схема).
Lecture 6.The main trends of Cognitive Linguistics in works of foreign scientists.
Aims:
To view the main approaches to Cognitive Linguistics in works of foreign authors
To trace the similarities and differences of foreign and native approaches.
The cognitive linguistics enterprise is characterized by two fundamental commitments (Lakoff 1990). These underlie both the orientation and approach adopted by practicing cognitive linguists, and the assumptions and methodologies employed in the two main branches of the cognitive linguistics enterprise: cognitive semantics, and cognitive approaches to grammar, discussed in further detail in later sections. The first key commitment is the Generalization Commitment (Lakoff 1990). It represents a dedication to characterizing general principles that apply to all aspects of human language. This goal is just a special subcase of the standard commitment in science to seek the broadest generalizations possible. In contrast to the cognitive linguistics approach, other approaches to the study of language often separate the language faculty into distinct areas such as phonology (sound), semantics (word and sentence meaning), pragmatics (meaning in discourse context), morphology (word structure), syntax (sentence structure), and so on. As a consequence, there is often little basis