Cognitive grammar is a cognitive approach to language developed by Ronald Langacker, which hypothesizes that grammar, semantics, and lexicon exist on a continuum instead of as separate processes altogether.[1] This approach to language was one of the first projects of cognitive linguistics.[2] In this system, grammar is not a formal system operating independently of meaning. Rather, grammar is itself meaningful and inextricable from semantics.
Construction grammar is a similar focus of cognitive approaches to grammar.[3] While cognitive grammar emphasizes the study of the cognitive principles that give rise to linguistic organization, construction grammar aims to provide a more descriptively and formally detailed account of the linguistic units that comprise a particular language.[3]
Langacker first explicates the system of cognitive grammar in his seminal, two-volume work Foundations of Cognitive Grammar.[4] Volume one is titled "Theoretical Prerequisites", and it explores Langacker's hypothesis that grammar may be deconstructed into patterns that come together in order to represent concepts. This volume concentrates on the broad scope of language especially in terms of the relationship between grammar and semantics.[1] Volume two is titled "Descriptive Application", as it moves beyond the first volume to elaborate on the ways in which Langacker's previously described theories may be applied. Langacker invites his reader to utilize the tools presented in the first volume of Foundations in a wide range of, mainly English, grammatical situations.[5]
^ abPress, Stanford University. "Foundations of Cognitive Grammar: Volume I: Theoretical Prerequisites | Ronald W. Langacker". www.sup.org. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
^Attardo, Salvatore (2009). "Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language". Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language: 21–24. ISBN 9780748626182. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1g09vvm.13.
^ abEvans, Vyvyan (2007). "A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics". A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics: 14–5. ISBN 9780748622795. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1g0b0v0.6.
^Nordquist, Richard. "What Is Cognitive Grammar?". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
^Press, Stanford University. "Foundations of Cognitive Grammar: Volume II: Descriptive Application | Ronald W. Langacker". www.sup.org. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
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