Cognitive Linguistics: a usable approach
Abstract
This inrroducrion firsr jusrifies [he uriliry of rhis special issue for English srudies and offers a brief overview of rhe srare of [he a n in cognirive linguisrics. Ir rhen commenrs briefív on each of [he arricles in rhis collecrion, discussing rheir conrriburion ro each of rhe major rrends in [he field. and ro English srudies in general.. The conclusion highlighrs [he usefulness of rhis approach for a variery of concerns.
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