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Canadian journal of linguistics finding ways to talk about language as a cognitive process intricately interwoven with conceptual behavior seems to be the unifying concern of cognitive linguistics in general, and langackers work is of major significance in this respect. Theoretical positions concerning the relation between language and cognition also differ with respect to the relative specificity of human linguistic capacities in relation to other forms of knowledge. For example, an english count noun can be used in a mass noun grammatical context, as in there was a huge buick there. Most nativist models have adopted a modularist position, which. Add tags for international journal of cognitive linguistics. Introduction in the last decade linguistics has witnessed the swift rise of a new cognitive movement.
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