Cognitive Linguistics Fall 2018

Cognitive Linguistics is the study of the mind through language and the study of language as a cognitive function. The course is multi-disciplinary; evidence is drawn from text analysis, language acquisition, language change, psycholinguistic experimentation, and brain imaging, among other sources. The purpose of this course is to provide a general orientation in Cognitive Linguistics, an understanding of its central themes and assumptions, and exposure to its empirical methods.