Language Teaching

By Valerie Kinsella, CILT, British Council, R. Dirven

Scene Of Linguistic Action And Its Perspectivization By Speak, Talk, Say, And Tell

By René Dirven, Emma Vorlat, R. Dirven, René Dirven †, Louis Goossens, Yvan Putseys, Emma Vorlat

The four papers presented in this volume are corpus-based investigations into the meaning of the verbs speak , talk , say and tell . More specifically they want to explore how the scene of lin...

Cognitive Exploration Of Language And Linguistics: <Strong>Second Revised Edition</Strong> (Cognitive Linguistics In Practice)

By R. Dirven, René Dirven And Marjolijn Verspoor, In Collaboration With Johan De Caluwé ...

Preface; XI; Chapter 1; The cognitive basis of language: Language and thought 1; 1.0 Overview 1; 1.1 Introduction: Sign systems 1; 1.2 Structuring principles in language 5; 1.3 Linguistic and conce...