Constructional and Cognitive Explorations of Contrastive Linguistics
Constructional and Cognitive Explorations of Contrastive Linguistics
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Description
This book approaches the field of contrastive linguistics from a comparative and robust perspective that combines the tenets of construction grammar and cognitive linguistics.
Annalisa Baicchi is Full Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Genova, Italy. Her main research interests lie on areas of cognitive semantics, construction grammar, contrastive linguistics, and inferential pragmatics. She serves as a peer referee for International Research Projects, e.g., The British Academy (UK), FWO (Bruxelles), DFF and FTP (Denmark), ANEP (Spain), and NSC (Poland). She is a regular reviewer for international journals and book series. Recent publications include the monograph Construction Learning as a Complex Adaptive System (2015, Springer) and the edited volume Sensory Perceptions in Language, Embodiment, and Epistemology (2018, Springer).
Cristiano Broccias is Full Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Genova, Italy, where he serves as the Head of the Department of Modern languages and Cultures. His main research interests include synchronic and diachronic phonology and syntax of English, theories of language (especially Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar). Together with Annalisa Baicchi, he hosted the” 9th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference” in 2021. He regularly serves as reviewer for international journals and book series. He authored “The English change network” (de Gruyter).