"Cognitive linguistics is an interdisciplinary branch of linguistics, combining knowledge and research from cognitive science, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and linguistics."
The study of how language reflects and shapes thought.
Embodiment: The idea that language and thought are based in bodily experiences and sensations.
Categorization: How humans group things based on similarities and differences in perception and conceptualization.
Prototype theory: The idea that categories are based on a prototype of an ideal example, with closer members being more typical than distant ones.
Conceptual metaphor: The use of one domain of knowledge to understand another domain. For example, understanding emotions in terms of temperature (hot-headed, cool customer).
Frame semantics: The idea that our understanding of language is based on the context of the situation in which it is used.
Metonymy: The use of a term related to a concept to stand in for the concept itself. For example, using ‘the White House’ to refer to the US government.
Construction grammar: The theory that grammar is made up of ‘constructions’, which are patterns of language use that emerge from use and repetition.
Embodied simulation: The idea that we understand language and thought by ‘simulating’ the experiences of others in our own bodies.
Polysemy: The phenomenon where one word can have multiple related meanings.
Construal: The way in which we perceive and interpret situations and events based on our cognitive biases and experiences.
"Cognitive linguistics combines knowledge and research from cognitive science, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and linguistics."
"Models and theoretical accounts of cognitive linguistics are considered as psychologically real."
"Research in cognitive linguistics aims to help understand cognition in general and is seen as a road into the human mind."
"There has been scientific and terminological controversy around the label 'cognitive linguistics'."
"There is no consensus on what specifically is meant with the term."
"Knowledge and research from cognitive science, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and linguistics contribute to cognitive linguistics."
"Models and theoretical accounts of cognitive linguistics are considered as psychologically real."
"Research in cognitive linguistics aims to help understand cognition in general."
"Research in cognitive linguistics is seen as a road into the human mind."
"There has been scientific and terminological controversy around the label 'cognitive linguistics'."
"There is no consensus on what specifically is meant with the term."
"Cognitive linguistics combines knowledge and research from cognitive science, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and linguistics."
"Models and theoretical accounts of cognitive linguistics are considered as psychologically real."
"Research in cognitive linguistics aims to help understand cognition in general."
"Research in cognitive linguistics is seen as a road into the human mind."
"There has been scientific and terminological controversy around the label 'cognitive linguistics'."
"There is no consensus on what specifically is meant with the term."
"Cognitive linguistics combines knowledge and research from cognitive science, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and linguistics."
"Models and theoretical accounts of cognitive linguistics are considered as psychologically real."