Foundations of cognitive grammar

TL;DR: In this paper, Metapherns sind kontextabhangig, gleichzeitig reprasentieren metaphern aber abstrakte Modelle der Wirklichkeit and entsprechen damit weitgehend dem Verstandnis von mentalen Modellen and Schemata in der kognitiven psychologie.

TL;DR: The authors show that constituent reanalysis, like language change generally, proceeds gradually and that the constituent structure is derived from the domain-general processes of chunking and categorization, i.e., usage factors and semantic factors both influence chunking, and therefore influence constituent structure.

TL;DR: In Oceanic languages, elements that function or use to function as directional verbs of motion-go, come, and return-undergo a variety of grammaticalization processes as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: This study seeks to address L2 writing development in two main ways: through theexamination of syntactic development longitudinally and through the examination of human judgments of writing proficiency (e.g., expert ratings of TOEFL essays).