De los Ángeles Gómez González M., de Mendoza Ibáñez F.J.R., Gonzálvez-García F. (Eds.) Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive Space

Amsterdam, Netherland: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014. — 334 p. — (Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics). — ISBN: 9027215782.The differences among functionalist, cognitivist and/or constructionist models are generally taken to be not absolute, but rather a matter of emphasis and degree, with an increasing permeability between paradigms arising from cross-fertilizing influences. This book further explores this burgeoning area of research through the notion of functional-cognitive space, namely, the topography of the space occupied by functional, cognitivist and/or constructionist models against the background of formalist approaches in general and of Chomsky's Minimalism in particular. Specifically, the twelve contributions in the present volume update the reader on recent developments in functionalism (Systemic Functional Grammar, Functional Discourse Grammar and Role and Reference Grammar) and cognitivism (Word Grammar, (Cognitive) Construction Grammar and the Lexical Contructional Model). Plotting cognitive-space proves particularly adequate for situating the six models represented in this volume, not only in relation to each other, but also potentially with respect to a wide spectrum of functionalist, cognitivist and/or constructionist models.Plotting functional-cognitive space
Systemic Functional Linguistics
Giving it my best shot: Towards a coherent functional analysis of metaphorically-derived processes including ‘light verb’ expressions
The cultural classification of ‘things’: Towards a comprehensive system network for English noun senses
An interpersonal study of the leading hotels of the world: A systemic-functional social-semiotic approach
Theme and variations
Functional Discourse Grammar
Modification as a propositional act
Derivational morphology in Functional Discourse Grammar
“Agreement” as a perspectivizing device in discourse: The view from French
Role and Reference Grammar
Interfacing the lexicon and an ontology in a linking system
From directionals to telics: Meaning construction, word-formation and grammaticalization in Role and Reference Grammar
Cognitively-oriented and construction-based approaches
Cognitive functionalism in language education
“That’s so a construction!” Some reflections on innovative uses of “so” in Present-day English
Constructing discourse and discourse constructions