The New Psychology of Language

The New Psychology of Language volumes are a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how cognitive and functional linguistics has become the thriving perspective on the scientific study of language that it is today.

Introduction to the Classic Edition, M. Tomasello
Introduction: Some Surprises for Psychologists, M. Tomasello

1. Concept Structuring Systems in Language, L. Talmy


2. Discourse and Grammar, J.W. Du Bois


3. Human Cognition and the Elaboration of Events: Some Universal Conceptual Categories, S. Kemmer


4. Social Interaction and Grammar, C.E. Ford, B.A. Fox, S.A. Thompson


5. Cognitive Processes in Grammaticalization, J. Bybee


6. Pronouns and Point of View: Cognitive Principles of Coreference, K. van Hoek


7. On Explaining Language Universals, B. Comrie


8. The Geometry of Grammatical Meaning: Semantic Maps and Cross-Linguistic Comparison, M. Haspelmath


9. Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case ofLet Alone, C.J. Fillmore, P. Kay, M.C. O'Connor