Department of Applied Linguistics
MODULE HANDBOOK
LNG206
Cognitive Linguistics
Semester 2
2023-2024
SECTION A: Basic Information
❑ Brief Introduction to the Module
Language shines a lot of light on thought and the mind. In this module, we will ask what the cognitive basis for grammar, phonology and meaning is. You will consider the roles of the mind, language use, and our embodied state in meaning construction and lexical categorization. You will learn about image schemas and conceptual metaphor, and will ask whether they are universal to any extent. We also consider how any culturally specific aspects to language and thought can be modelled in the mind.
❑ Key Module Information
Module name: Cognitive Linguistics
Module code: LNG206
Credit value: 5
Semester in which the module is taught: 2
Pre-requisites needed for the module: Introduction to Linguistics
Programmes on which the module is shared: UENF, UENB, UENC, UENS
❑ Delivery Schedule
Lecture room: HS205
Lecture time: Tuesday 2-4pm
Tutorial times: Friday 2-4pm, HSG23
SECTION B: What you can expect from the module
❑ Educational Aims of the Module
You will gain an understanding of cognitive approaches to linguistics, including cognitive categorisation and embodiment, and will be introduced to the major works in cognitive semantics and grammar. You will analyse linguistic examples in terms of the theoretical perspectives introduced on the module and will debate some of the contentious issues within cognitive linguistics, including the interaction of culture and cognition. Through your research presentation, you will have the opportunity to carry out an empirical study and discuss your research with your classmates.
❑ Learning Outcomes
A |
Discuss the interaction between language, language function, and the mind. |
B |
Critically evaluate the work of a range of cognitive theorists. |
C |
Analyse linguistic problems from a cognitive perspective. |
D |
Debate the issue of universalism vs. cultural conceptualisation. |
❑ Assessment
1. Research presentation, 30%
Your research presentation will give you the opportunity to carryout your own empirical research project based on your choice of guiding question. It is a chance to investigate an aspect of the course that you are interested in, and to show it to your peers.
You will present your research as an A1 poster. This must be submitted as an attachment (PDF, PPT or Keynote) by 5pm on Monday, Week 9 (April 22nd) (via LMO), together with an oral presentation (5 min — submitted as a recording).
In the seminar slot in Week 9 (Friday, 26th April) we will host a poster session — this will be an opportunity for you to see your classmates’ research. I will arrange for printing — you only need to submit the electronic file.
2. Essay (70%)
The final CW essay (70%) must be submitted no later than 5pm on the deadline of May 31st. Submission will be via LMO. You will write an essay on one question from a selection provided later on in the course. The word limit is 3000.
Referencing information
Please use the following conventions in your essay:
• If you are mentioning the author’s name in the text, then only the date and page number goes in brackets:
o According to Lakoff (1989: 73), …
• Alternatively, you can reference like this: Many scholars (e.g. Lakoff 1989; Kövecses 2000; Geeraerts 2005) claim that …
• The bracketed citation goes inside the full stop if it is at the end of a sentence.
• If you quote, use “quotation marks” and provide a reference with the date and page number. The quotation should be integrated into your text if it is fewer than four lines, but set off as a block if it is more than that. If it is set off as a block, leave a line above and below, and indent.
• You must provide the page number when you reference specific parts of someone’s argument, or when you quote.
• All cited works (even those ‘cited in…’ another work) must be in your bibliography.
• Avoid the use of ‘nd’ (no date) — there almost always is a date, so please check online to find it.
❑ Methods of Learning and Teaching
Please note that there may be changes to the delivery schedule if regulations require it — any changes will be communicated via email.
Week |
Topic |
Reading |
Lecturer |
1 |
Introduction |
Chapter 1 and 2 |
Darcy |
2 |
Space and Time in Cognitive Linguistics |
Chapter 3 and 4 |
Darcy |
3 |
Embodiment and Conceptual Structure: Image Schemas |
Chapter 8 and 9 |
Darcy |
4 |
Cognitive Semantics |
Chapter 10 |
Darcy |
5 |
Categorisation and idealized cognitive models |
Chapter 11 |
Darcy |
6 |
Semantic Change |
Chapter 6 |
Penelope |
7 |
Metaphor and Metonymy |
Chapter 12 and 13 |
Darcy |
8 |
Knowledge of Language |
Chapter 5 |
Darcy |
9 |
Presentation Week |
- |
Darcy |
10 |
Cognitive Approach to Grammar |
Chapter 21 |
Darcy |
11 |
Lexical Classes |
Chapter 22 |
Darcy |
12 |
Constructions |
Chapter 23 |
Darcy |
13 |
Language Acquisition |
Chapter 2 and 3 of The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics |
Darcy |
❑ Tutorial Schedule
Student Group |
Time |
Day |
Venue |
Lecturer |
Group 1 |
1-2pm |
Friday |
HSG23 |
Darcy Sperlich |
Group 2 |
2-3pm |
Friday |
HSG23 |
Darcy Sperlich |
❑ Reading Materials
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
Cognitive Linguistics: A Complete Guide |
Vyvyan Evans |
Edinburgh University Press |
*Additional required readings will be provided via Learning Mall |
Mandatory textbook is a required book in either print or electronic format for a module that students are obligated to purchase.
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