Peter Harder
List of John Benjamins publications in which Peter Harder is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2213-8722 | E‑ISSN 2213‑8730
Titles
Content, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar
Edited by Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen
This collection of papers offers an alternative to mainstream functional linguistics on two points. Especially in American linguistics, function and structure are often viewed almost as polar opposites; in addition, structure is often understood as being only a matter of linguistic form — or… read more[Studies in Language Companion Series, 29] 1996. xvi, 510 pp.
Layered Structure and Reference in a Functional Perspective: Papers from the Functional Grammar Conference, Copenhagen, 1990
Edited by Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder and Lars Kristoffersen
This volume contains revised and expanded versions of those papers from the 1990 Functional Grammar Conference in Copenhagen that contributed specifically to the current investigation of clause structure in terms of semantic layers. One of the key concepts in this discussion is 'reference'. Some… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 23] 1992. xiii, 444 pp.
2025 Conceptualization, society, and politics: The role(s) of concepts in the social world Cognitive Linguistic Studies 12:2, pp. 227–263 | Article
Cognitive Linguistics has had an important mission in showing how conceptual formations — frames, idealized cognitive models, metaphorical mappings, etc. — play an essential role in our understanding of society, including political decisions. Most of that literature is focused on the way humans… read more
2022 Grammaticalization and pragmatics Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 696–709 | Chapter
2020 Chapter 4. Dual processing in a functional-cognitive theory of grammar and its neurocognitive basis Grammar and Cognition: Dualistic models of language structure and language processing, Haselow, Alexander and Gunther Kaltenböck (eds.), pp. 133–155 | Chapter
Functional-cognitive linguists are typically more interested in what is shared between grammar and other aspects of language than in what is special about grammar. Construction grammar as the currently most prominent functional-cognitive theory of grammar explicitly downplays the grammar-lexicon… read more
2014 Variation, structure and norms Cognitive Sociolinguistics: Social and cultural variation in cognition and language use, Pütz, Martin, Justyna A. Robinson and Monika Reif (eds.), pp. 53–73 | Article
After a period when the focus was essentially on mental architecture, the cognitive sciences are increasingly integrating the social dimension. The rise of a cognitive sociolinguistics is part of this trend. The article argues that this process requires a re-evaluation of some entrenched positions… read more
2014 National identity: Conceptual models, discourses and political change: ‘Britishness’ in a social cognitive linguistics Cognitive Linguistic Studies 1:1, pp. 22–54 | Article
Cognitive Linguistics has demonstrated the applicability of a conceptual approach to the understanding of political issues, cf. Lakoff (2008) and many others. From a different perspective, critical discourse analysis has approached political concepts with a focus on issues involving potentially… read more
2013 Grammaticalization and pragmatics Handbook of Pragmatics: 2013 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
2012 Variation, structure and norms Cognitive Sociolinguistics: Social and cultural variation in cognition and language use, Pütz, Martin, Justyna A. Robinson and Monika Reif (eds.), pp. 294–314 | Article
After a period when the focus was essentially on mental architecture, the cognitive sciences are increasingly integrating the social dimension. The rise of a cognitive sociolinguistics is part of this trend. The article argues that this process requires a re-evaluation of some entrenched positions… read more
2011 Conceptual construal and social construction Cognitive Linguistics: Convergence and Expansion, Brdar, Mario, Stefan Th. Gries and Milena Žic Fuchs (eds.), pp. 305–324 | Article
This chapter focuses on what happens when “emerged” concepts acquire a role in the social process: where concepts go, rather than where they come from. Conceptual construal is seen as the mind-internal end of a process that also involves social ‘construction’. The relationship is discussed in… read more
2009 Evidentiality: Linguistic categories and grammaticalization Evidentiality in language and cognition, Ekberg, Lena and Carita Paradis (eds.), pp. 9–43 | Article
This article takes up two closely connected theoretical unclarities: the questions of what a linguistic category is, and what it means for linguistic elements to have grammatical rather than lexical status. The two issues are discussed with reference to the case of evidentiality.
The point of… read more
2009 Meaning as input: The instructional perspective New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics, Evans, Vyvyan and Stéphanie Pourcel (eds.), pp. 15–26 | Article
2009 Communication Key Notions for Pragmatics, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 62–85 | Article
2008 Review of Dancygier & Sweetser (2005): Mental spaces in grammar: Conditional constructions Evaluation in text types, Bednarek, Monika (ed.), pp. 142–151 | Review
2008 Determiners and definiteness: Functional semantics and structural differentiation Essays on Nominal Determination: From morphology to discourse management, Høeg Müller, Henrik and Alex Klinge (eds.), pp. 1–25 | Article
Both functional and formal approaches frequently suggest that structural and semantic categories ultimately match up (possibly even universally). They arrive at this result, however, via different descriptive strategies: most functionbased approaches set up structures primarily based on… read more
2007 Complement-taking predicates: Usage and linguistic structure Studies in Language 31:3, pp. 569–606 | Article
In recent years, there has been considerable discussion about the nature of clausal subordination (cf., for instance, Schilperoord & Verhagen 1998, Verhagen 2001, Verhagen to appear, Diessel & Tomasello 2001, Thompson 2002). One of the foci has been the status of complement clauses of… read more
2007 Grammar, flow and procedural knowledge: structure and function at the interface between grammar and discourse Structural-Functional Studies in English Grammar: In honour of Lachlan Mackenzie, Hannay, Mike and Gerard J. Steen (eds.), pp. 309–335 | Article
This contribution addresses the interface between grammar and discourse. It approaches grammar as a socially recognized procedure for coding, with a cognitive basis in individual language users. However, it emphasizes the need to distinguish the cognitive representation of grammar from the flow of… read more
2006 Communication Handbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–28 | Article
2001 Communication Handbook of Pragmatics: 1999 Installment, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Article
1999 Review of Hannay & Bolkestein (1998): Functional Grammar and Verbal Interaction Functions of Language 6:2, pp. 292–300 | Review
1999 Function, Cognition, and Layered Clause Structure Cognitive Semantics: Meaning and cognition, Allwood, Jens and Peter Gärdenfors (eds.), pp. 37–66 | Article
1996 Linguistic structure in a functional grammar Content, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar, Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen (eds.), pp. 423–452 | Article
1996 Danish directional adverbs: Content syntax and complex predicates — a case for host and co-predicates Content, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar, Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen (eds.), pp. 159–198 | Article
1992 Semantic Content and Linguistic Structure in Functional Grammar. On the Semantics of
‘Nounhood’ Layered Structure and Reference in a Functional Perspective: Papers from the Functional Grammar Conference, Copenhagen, 1990, Fortescue, Michael, Peter Harder and Lars Kristoffersen (eds.), pp. 303–328 | Article
1990 Tense, semantics and layered syntax Layers and Levels of Representation in Language Theory: A functional view, Nuyts, Jan, A. Machtelt Bolkestein and Co Vet (eds.), pp. 139–164 | Article