Cognitive Linguistics：Basic Readings is specifically designed for an introductory course in Cognitive Linguistics.It brings together twelve foundational articles by leading figures in the field，each of which introduces one of the basic concepts of Cognitive Linguistics，like conceptual metaphor，image schemas，mental spaces，construction grammar，prototypicality and radial sets.The introductory purposes of the collection are supported by an introduction to the theory and，speafically，the practice of Cognitive Linguistics and by trajectories for further reading that start out from the individual chapters
目录
Introduction
A rough guide to Cognitive Linguistics
Dirk Geeraerts
Chapter 1
Cognitive Grammar
Introduction to Concept， Image， and Symbol
Ronald W． Langacker
Chapter 2
Grammatical construal
The relation of grammar to cognition
Leonard Talmy
Chapter 3
Radial network
Cognitive topology and lexical networks
Claudia Brugman and George Lakoff
Chapter 4
Prototype theory
Prospects and problems of prototype theory
Dirk Geeraerts
Chapter 5
Schematic network
Ambiguity， polysemy， and vagueness
David Tuggy
Chapter 6
Conceptual metaphor
The contemporary theory of metaphor
George Lakoff
Chapter 7
Image schema
The cognitive psychological reality of image schemas and their
transformations
Raymond W． Gibbs， Jr． and Herbert L． Colston
Chapter 8
Metonymy
The role of domains in the interpretation of metaphors and metonymies
William Croft
Chapter 9
Mental spaces
Conceptual integration networks
Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner
Chapter 10
Frame semantics
Frame semantics
Charles J． Fillmore
Chapter 11
Construction Grammar
The inherent semantics of argument structure： The case of the English
ditransitive construction
Adele E． Goldberg
Chapter 12
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