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In:Motivation in Language: A cognitive perspective
Edited by Grzegorz Drożdż and Barbara Taraszka-Drożdż
[Human Cognitive Processing 83] 2027
► pp. 1–9

Introduction

From classical debates on motivation to cognitive approaches

 | University of Silesia in Katowice
 | University of Silesia in Katowice
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Article outline
  • 1.Linguistic motivation as an explanatory perspective
    • 1.1Early reflections on motivation
    • 1.2Saussurean and post-Saussurean developments
  • 2.The contributions to the volume
    • 2.1An overview of the research areas
    • 2.2An onomasiological perspective on motivation in the lexicon
    • 2.3Motivation in constructional and categorial change
    • 2.4Motivated meaning extension and lexical innovation
    • 2.5Motivation in metaphor and multimodal meaning-making
  • 3.Perspectives for future research
  • References
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