28. Linguistic Selection: An Utterance-based Evolutionary Theory of Language
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 28. Linguistic Selection: An Utterance-based Evolutionary Theory of Language - The Cognitive Linguistics Reader |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | William Croft; University of New Mexico; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics; Philosophy; Psychology; Cognitive Science |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Cognitiion; case grammer; neural theory; Polysemy; Empirical methods in linguistics; word-meaning; metonymy; Conceptual systems;metaphor; grammar and meaning; conceptual networks; language acquisition; evolutionary theory |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | cognitive linguistics; philosophy of language; psycholinguistics |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | In this essay the author argues against an 'essentialist' view which defines language as a system of abstract rules; instead, in his evolutionary model of language, the utterance is the fundamental unit of analysis. By adopting such a radically usage-based approach, the author integrates change as an integral part for a theory of language and encourages the discussion of the representationalist view of meaning underlying much of cognitive semantics. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Nov-2007 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/31574 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.31574 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Cognitive Linguistics Reader |
| 16. | Language | English=en | English |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
international, contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |