A commonly used concept in linguistics is salience. Oftentimes it is used without definition,
and the meaning of the concept is repeatedly assumed to be self-explanatory. The …

Cognitive linguists are bound by the cognitive commitment, which is the commitment to
providing a characterization of the general principles governing all aspects of human …

Cognitive Linguistics is an approach to language study based on three central premises:
that the function of language is to convey meaning, that linguistic description must rely on …

Language is one of the most fascinating abilities that humans possess. Infants demonstrate
an amazing repertoire of linguistic abilities from very early on and reach an adult-like form …

Construal is our ability to conceive and portray the same situation in alternate ways. In
cognitive linguistics, the term indicates an array of conceptual factors (such as prominence) …

The theoretical notion of 'construal'captures the idea that the way in which we describe a
scene reflects our conceptualization of it. Relying on the concept of ception–which conjoins …

Building upon previous literature and insights from natural corpus data, this paper questions
the theoretical bases and applicability of Information-Structural categories, such as topic and …

Autorinnen und Autoren Page 1 Autorinnen und Autoren EKKEHARD FELDER Dr. phil.,
Professor für Germanistische Linguistik an der Universität Heidelberg. Forschungsinteressen …

Die Wahrnehmungsdialektologie, die Dialekt nicht primär als geografisches oder soziales,
sondern auch als kognitives Phänomen begreift, ist in der Forschungslandschaft mittlerweile …

Die Reihe Sprache und Wissen (SuW) ist eine Plattform für hochwertige Arbeiten zur
germanistischen Linguistik mit interdisziplinärer Ausstrahlungskraft. Sie greift aktuelle …