Ronald Langacker

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Ronald W. Langacker (born December 27, 1942 in Fond du Lac , Wisconsin ) is an American linguist and the founder of cognitive grammar .

Life

Langacker received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1966 . From 1966 to 2003 he was Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego . Since 2003 he has been emeritus of this university. From 1997 to 1999 he was President of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association .

Langacker is the founder of cognitive grammar and one of the most important thought leaders in cognitive linguistics . In his two-volume main work Foundations of Cognitive Grammar (1987, 1991), which is considered the standard work in cognitive linguistics, he describes the general principles of this theory. Similar to the representatives of construction grammar , Langacker assumes that human languages, including their grammars, are inherently symbolic in nature, that is, they consist of phonological and semantic units as well as links between them. Langacker also assumes that linguistic structures are motivated by general cognitive processes; When formulating his theory, he often uses the principles of Gestalt psychology , especially visual perception.

Works

  • Ronald W. Langacker: Language and its structure: basic concepts of linguistics (translated by Gerd Fritz and Wolfgang Klinke) . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1976, ISBN 978-3-11-094700-7 .
  • Ronald W. Langacker: Studies in Uto Aztecan Grammar: An Overview of Uto-Aztecan Grammar . Summer Institute of Linguistics, Dallas 1977, ISBN 978-0-88312-070-5 .
  • Ronald W. Langacker: Foundations of Cognitive Grammar. Vol. 1. Theoretical Prerequisites. Stanford University Press, Stanford 1987, ISBN 0-8047-1261-1 .
  • Ronald W. Langacker: Concept, Image, and Symbol: The Cognitive Basis of Grammar . Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin and New York 1991, ISBN 3-11-012863-2 .
  • Ronald W. Langacker: Foundations of Cognitive Grammar. Vol. 2. Descriptive Application . Stanford University Press, Stanford 1991, ISBN 0-8047-1909-8 .
  • Ronald W. Langacker: Grammar and Conceptualization . Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin and New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016603-8 .
  • Ronald W. Langacker: Cognitive Grammar: A Basic Introduction . Oxford University Press, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-533196-7 .

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SURNAME Langacker, Ronald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Langacker, Ronald W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American linguist
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Fond du Lac , Wisconsin