An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics

<em>An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics</em> carefully explains the central concepts of categoriza&shy;tion, of prototype and gestalt perception, of basic level and conceptual hierarchies, of figure and ground, and of metaphor and metonymy, for which an innovative description is provided. It also brings together issues such as iconicity, lexical change, grammaticalization and language teaching that have profited considerably from being put on a cognitive basis.