This volume makes accessible a substantial range of recent research in Cognitive Grammar. Building from fundamentals, it brings fresh insight to the analysis of varied grammatical phenomena. Topics considered in depth include constructions, grounding, clause structure, and complex sentences. The book is of interest to anyone concerned with the conceptual basis of meaning and linguistic structure. (Publisher Book Description) Table of Contents Chapter 1. Constructions in Cognitive Grammar 1-36 Chapter 2. Metonymy in grammar 38-59 Chapter 3. A constructional approach to grammaticization 60-80 Chapter 4. Possession, location, and existence 81-99 Chapter 5. On the subject of impersonals 102-147 Chapter 6. Enunciating the parallelism of nominal and clausal grounding 148-184 Chapter 7. The English present: Temporal coincidence vs. epistemic immediacy 185-218 Chapter 8. A functional account of the English auxiliary 219-258 Chapter 9. Aspects of the grammar of finite clauses 259-289 Chapter 10. Finite complements in English 290-326 Chapter 11. Subordination in Cognitive Grammar 327-340 Chapter 12. The conceptual basis of coordination 341-374