Cognitive discourse analysis: an introduction

"There are two main ways in which language is seen as a representation of thought. Either you can think of the system of language in a static way, or you can think of how the system is used by speakers to express their thoughts, and what happens in their minds as they do so. Looking at the system itself, some approaches primarily explore how linguistic structure represents cognitive structure; specific aspects of the linguistic system are identified as expressing specific aspects of thought"--

Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Background and Scope -- 1.1 How Language Relates to Thought -- 1.2 Areas of Application for CODA -- 1.3 Reliability, Generalisability, and Limits of CODA -- 2 Language as a Representation of Thought -- 2.1 Research on the Use of Language to Represent Thought: A Brief Overview -- 2.2 How Psycholinguists Analyse Language Use in Relation to Cognition -- 2.3 How Cognitive Psychologists Analyse Language Use in Relation to Cognition -- 3 Resources -- 3.1 Cognitive Linguistics -- 3.2 Discourse Analysis -- 3.3 Functional Grammar -- 4 Identifying Cognitive Orientation -- 4.1 Attention -- 4.2 Perspective -- 5 Identifying Cognitive Depth -- 5.1 Granularity -- 5.2 Certainty -- 6 Identifying Cognitive Constructiveness -- 6.1 Inference -- 6.2 Transformation -- 7 Using Language to Convey Thoughts -- 7.1 Communication -- 7.2 Cognitive Strategies -- 8 CODA Procedures -- 8.1 Preliminary Considerations -- 8.2 Experimental Design -- 8.3 Verbal Data Elicitation -- 8.4 Data Preparation -- 8.5 Practical Steps of Data Analysis -- 8.6 Qualitative Ins…