Langacker — Cognitive Grammar: A Basic Introduction
Book page: langacker-cognitive-grammar
From: Quotes batch 11
Edition: Oxford University Press (2008)
On Cognition and Grammar
“Grammar is not a formal system of meaningless rules; it is a symbolic resource that allows us to conceptualize the world in specific ways.” (Chapter 1, p. 4)
On Perception
“Meaning is equivalent to conceptualization. To understand a word is to invoke a structured mental space.” (Chapter 2, p. 27)