The third edition of the book widely recognized as providing the most readable and clearly articulated introduction to Cognitive Linguistics is fully revised and updated to include the considerable developments in Cognitive Linguistics since 1987. It covers recent research on polysemy, meaning relatedness and metaphors, as well as expanding the discussion of syntactic categories and the relevance of computer simulations.

• 1: The Categorization of Colour


• 2: The Classical Approach to Categorization


• 3: Prototype Categories: I


• 4: Prototype Categories: II


• 5: Linguistic and Encyclopedic Knowledge


• 6: Polysemy and Meaning Chains


• 7: Category Extension: Metonymy and Metaphor


• 8: Polysemy, or: How many meanings does a word really have?


• 9: Polysemous Categories in Morphology and Syntax


• 10: Polysemous Categories in Intonation


• 11: Grammatical Categories


• 12: Syntactic Constructions as Prototype Categories


• 13: Prototype Categories in Phonology


• 15: The Acquisition of Categories


• 16: Recent Developments


• Advice on Further Reading


• Study Questions


• References


• Index