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This volume enlists more than two dozen experts in the fields of linguistics, psycholinguistics, neurology, and cognitive psychology to investigate the concept of entrenchment―the ongoing reorganization and adaptation of communicative knowledge. Entrenchment posits that our linguistic knowledge is continuously refreshed and reorganized under the influence of social interactions. Contributors examine the psychological foundations of linguistic entrenchment processes, and the role of entrenchment in first-language acquisition, second language learning, and language attrition. Critical views of entrenchment and some of its premises and implications are discussed from the perspective of dynamic complexity theory and radical embodied cognitive science.

If pragmatics is the study of meaning-in-context, then cognitive pragmatics can be broadly defined as encompassing the study of the cognitive principles and processes involved in the construal of meaning-in-context.

Serving as a basic introduction to the field of English morphology and word-formation, this book also tries to advance the state-of-the-art in this field in a number of respects. The author takes his readers gently through the basic notions in English morphology and word-formation and discusses problematic areas and definitorial questions. All chapters are approached systematically from three different angles focusing on structural, cognitive and sociopragmatic aspects of the field. In this way, new perspectives are opened particularly on the development and establishment of new complex words, on the cognitive functions of word-formation patterns and on the field of conversion. Students of English and linguistics will be able to use this book not only as an introduction but also for preparing exams, term papers and final theses. The large number of examples are taken from a corpus of authentic language, which also serves as a basis for frequency counts of morphological features and elements in different text-types.

This volume offers a collection of methodologically sensitive contributions that provide enthusiastic, and at times critical, support for the cognitive-linguistic enterprise. It plays a significant role in advancing cognitive linguistics by showcasing its ambition to evolve into a set of testable linguistic approaches, thereby enhancing our understanding of language. The book covers a wide array of linguistic phenomena, including individual concepts, semantic issues like vagueness and polysemy, grammatical aspects such as gender and tense, as well as collocations, constructions, and speech acts. It examines languages like English, German, Dutch, Polish, and Italian. A common thread among the contributions is the effort to connect observed linguistic patterns with established cognitive linguistic concepts and models, all grounded in empirical research and sound methodology. The phenomena studied range from lexico-conceptual and collocational levels to grammatical categories and functions. The volume features two complementary perspectives: one employs psycholinguistic experimentation, quantitative corpus analysis, and computational simulation to validate cognitive-linguistic theories, while the other tests established theories against authentic data to assess their applicability. Additionally, some contributions critically engage with reductionist cognitive thinking. This volume is relevant for cognitive linguists, psycholingui

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies, which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. For further publications in English linguistics see also our Dialects of English book series. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.