Vyvyan Evans
List of John Benjamins publications in which Vyvyan Evans is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2213-8722 | E‑ISSN 2213‑8730
Book series
Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts
Edited by Ning Yu and Hans-Georg Wolf
ISSN 1879-8047
Titles
Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler
Edited by Lucy Pickering and Vyvyan Evans
Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler comprises a collection of original empirically and theoretically motivated studies at the nexus of discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and second language learning. The thematic relationships between these… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 64] 2018. ix, 317 pp.
New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics
Edited by Vyvyan Evans and Stéphanie Pourcel
Nearly three decades since the publication of the seminal Metaphors We Live By, Cognitive Linguistics is now a mature theoretical and empirical enterprise, with a voluminous associated literature. It is arguably the most rapidly expanding ‘school’ in modern linguistics, and one of the most exciting… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 24] 2009. xi, 519 pp.
The Structure of Time: Language, meaning and temporal cognition
Vyvyan Evans
One of the most enigmatic aspects of experience concerns time. Since pre-Socratic times scholars have speculated about the nature of time, asking questions such as: What is time? Where does it come from? Where does it go? The central proposal of The Structure of Time is that time, at base,… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 12] 2004. x, 286 pp.
2018 Chapter 7. Conceptual vs. inter-lexical polysemy: An LCCM theory approach Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler, Pickering, Lucy and Vyvyan Evans (eds.), pp. 159–190 | Chapter
In this chapter I consider two types of polysemy that have not received wide attention in the cognitive linguistics literature. First, I argue that polysemy can arise from the non-linguistic knowledge to which words facilitate access. This phenomenon I refer to as conceptual polysemy. I illustrate… read more
2018 Introduction. Discourse and cognitive perspectives on language learning Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler, Pickering, Lucy and Vyvyan Evans (eds.), pp. 1–8 | Chapter
2009 Semantic representation in LCCM Theory New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics, Evans, Vyvyan and Stéphanie Pourcel (eds.), pp. 27–55 | Article
2009 Introduction New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics, Evans, Vyvyan and Stéphanie Pourcel (eds.), pp. 1–11 | Article
2004 Rethinking English ‘Prepositions of Movement’: The Case of To and Through Adpositions of Movement, Cuyckens, Hubert, Walter De Mulder and Tanja Mortelmans (eds.), pp. 247–270 | Article
In this paper, we argue against the view that prepositions designate motion. We make the case for prepositions such as to and through being associated with spatial properties in addition to a functional element. The functional element arises as a consequence of our daily interaction with the… read more