Chapter 2. Cognitive-pragmatic motivation of language structure and use

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Chapter 2
Cognitive-pragmatic motivation of language structure and use

Published online: 16 March 2022

Article outline

1.Introducing the problem
2.Some remarks on the history of motivation
3.Towards a cognitive linguistic view of motivation
- 3.1Preliminaries: Types of signs
- 3.2Defining motivation
- 3.3Motivated, unmotivated, conventional, and non-conventional signs
- 3.4Unmotivated conventional signs
- 3.5Motivated conventional signs
- 3.6Non-conventionally used motivated signs
4.Semiotic types of motivation
- 4.1content > form
- 4.2content₁ > content₂
- 4.3form > content
- 4.4form₁ > form₂
5.Language-independent factors of motivation
- 5.1Sensory-perceptual
- 5.2Cultural
- 5.3Emotive
6.Demotivation
7.Conclusion
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