Ten Lectures on Cognitive Sociolinguistics

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Cognitive Sociolinguistics combines the interest in meaning of Cognitive Linguistics with the interest in social variation of sociolinguistics, converging on two domains of enquiry: variation of meaning, and the meaning of variation. These Ten Lectures, a transcribed version of talks given by professor Geeraerts in 2009 at Beihang University in Beijing, introduce and illustrate both dimensions. The 'variation of meaning' perspective involves looking at types of semantic and categorial variation, at the role of social and cultural factors in semantic variation and change, and at the interplay of stereotypes, prototypes and norms. The 'meaning of variation' perspective involves looking at the way in which categorization processes of the type studied by Cognitive Linguistics shape how scholars and laymen think about language variation. Ten Lectures on Cognitive Sociolinguistics Contents Note on Supplementary Material Preface How to Use This Text About the Author Lecture 1: The Social Turn in Cognitive Linguistics Handout Lecture 1 Lecture 2: Types of Semantic and Categorial Variation Handout Lecture 2 Lecture 3: Diachronic Prototype Semantics Handout Lecture 3 Lecture 4: Stereotypes, Prototypes and Norms Handout Lecture 4 Lecture 5: The Cultural History of Metaphors Handout Lecture 5 Lecture 6: Cultural Models of Language Variation Handout Lecture 6 Lecture 7: Lexical Variation as a Sociolinguistic Variable Handout Lecture 7 Lecture 8 Measuring Lexical Variation and Change Handout Lecture 8 Lecture 9: Multivariate Models of Linguistic Variation Handout Lecture 9 Lecture 10: The Linguistic System in a Usage-Based Model of Language Handout Lecture 10 Further Reading Websites for Cognitive Linguistics and CIFCL Speakers