%A Prof. A.V. Kravchenko
%J Cognitive Linguistics Today
%T COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS AS A METHODOLOGICAL PARADIGM
%X A general direction in which cognitive linguistics is heading at the turn of the century is outlined and a revised understanding of cognitive linguistics as a methodological paradigm is suggest. The goal of cognitive linguistics is defined as understanding what language is and what language does to ensure the predominance of homo sapiens as a biological species. This makes cognitive linguistics a biologically oriented empirical science.
%K Cognition, language, computational metaphor, grammar and cognitive processing, semantics, pragmatics
%P 41-55
%E Prof. B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
%E Prof. K. Turewicz
%D 2002
%I Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang
%L cogprints4005