SCOPE AS A COGNITIVE TOOL IN TENSE ANALYSIS

• Authors: Drozdz Grzegorz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present article takes up one of the needs present in today's Cognitive Linguistics: applying its theoretical assumptions to a detailed study of the phenomena encountered in particular languages. The instrument tested for this purpose is one of the aspects of construal offered within Cognitive Grammar - scope (Langacker 1987, 2000, 2008, etc.). It is applied to the description of several English temporal constructions in order to check both the range of phenomena which it can refer to as well as the efficiency and accuracy of such an account.

Keywords

EN

COGNITIVE GRAMMAR; CONSTRUAL ASPECTS; ENGLISH TENSES; SCOPE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Committee on Linguistics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Linguistica Silesiana
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 31
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Drozdz Grzegorz

• Grzegorz Drozdz, Instytut Jezyka Angielskiego, Uniwersytet Slaski, ul. Zytnia 10, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA09061