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Empirical Approaches to Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Milla Luodonpää-Manni
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144389222X
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Empirical Approaches to Cognitive Linguistics by : Milla Luodonpää-Manni

Download or read book Empirical Approaches to Cognitive Linguistics written by Milla Luodonpää-Manni and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection takes a cognitive linguistic view on analyzing language and presents innovative contemporary Finnish research to the international audience. The volume brings together nine chapters presenting empirical case studies that rely on various kinds of corpus data and experimental data or combine both types of empirical evidence. The topics vary from semantics to grammatical description, from terminological choices to language acquisition, and they study language from perspectives as diverse as psycholinguistics, comparative linguistics, and translation studies. A multi-methodological approach to linguistic research is promoted in this book. The idea is that language in all its diversity can best be studied by using the entire spectrum of modern quantitative and qualitative methods. It will appeal to academic readers, students, and established researchers, interested in the study of authentic linguistic material especially from the cognitive perspective.

Methods in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Monica Gonzalez-Marquez
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027292493
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Methods in Cognitive Linguistics by : Monica Gonzalez-Marquez

Download or read book Methods in Cognitive Linguistics written by Monica Gonzalez-Marquez and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06-28 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methods in Cognitive Linguistics is an introduction to empirical methodology for language researchers. Intended as a handbook to exploring the empirical dimension of the theoretical questions raised by Cognitive Linguistics, the volume presents guidelines for employing methods from a variety of intersecting disciplines, laying out different ways of gathering empirical evidence. The book is divided into five sections. Methods and Motivations provides the reader with the preliminary background in scientific methodology and statistics. The sections on Corpus and Discourse Analysis, and Sign Language and Gesture describe different ways of investigating usage data. Behavioral Research describes methods for exploring mental representation, simulation semantics, child language development, and the relationships between space and language, and eye movements and cognition. Lastly, Neural Approaches introduces the reader to ERP research and to the computational modeling of language.

The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Wen Xu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351034693
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics by : Wen Xu

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics written by Wen Xu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics provides a comprehensive introduction and essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in pragmatics, discourse analysis, biolinguistics, ecolinguistics, evolutionary linguistics, neuroscience, language pedagogy, and translation studies. The forty-three chapters, written by international specialists in the field, cover four major areas: • Basic theories and hypotheses, including cognitive semantics, cognitive grammar, construction grammar, frame semantics, natural semantic metalanguage, and word grammar; • Central topics, including embodiment, image schemas, categorization, metaphor and metonymy, construal, iconicity, motivation, constructionalization, intersubjectivity, grounding, multimodality, cognitive pragmatics, cognitive poetics, humor, and linguistic synaesthesia, among others; • Interfaces between cognitive linguistics and other areas of linguistic study, including cultural linguistics, linguistic typology, figurative language, signed languages, gesture, language acquisition and pedagogy, translation studies, and digital lexicography; • New directions in cognitive linguistics, demonstrating the relevance of the approach to social, diachronic, neuroscientific, biological, ecological, multimodal, and quantitative studies. The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and for all researchers working in this area.

New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Vyvyan Evans
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027289441
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics by : Vyvyan Evans

Download or read book New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics written by Vyvyan Evans and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-24 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly three decades since the publication of the seminal Metaphors We Live By, Cognitive Linguistics is now a mature theoretical and empirical enterprise, with a voluminous associated literature. It is arguably the most rapidly expanding ‘school’ in modern linguistics, and one of the most exciting areas of research within the interdisciplinary project known as cognitive science. As such, Cognitive Linguistics is increasingly attracting a broad readership both within linguistics as well as from neighbouring disciplines including other cognitive and social sciences, and from disciplines within the humanities. This volume contains over 20 papers by leading experts in cognitive linguistics which survey the state of the art and new directions in cognitive linguistics. The volume is divided into 5 sections covering all the traditional areas of study in cognitive linguistics, as well as newer areas, including applications and extensions. Sections include: Approaches to semantics; Approaches to metaphor and blending; Approaches to grammar; Language, embodiment and cognition; Extensions and applications of cognitive linguistics.

Quantitative Methods in Cognitive Semantics: Corpus-Driven Approaches

Author : Dylan Glynn
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110226421
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis Quantitative Methods in Cognitive Semantics: Corpus-Driven Approaches by : Dylan Glynn

Download or read book Quantitative Methods in Cognitive Semantics: Corpus-Driven Approaches written by Dylan Glynn and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In line with the increasing use of empirical methods in Cognitive Linguistics, the current volume explores the uses of quantitative, in particular corpus-driven, techniques for the study of meaning. It shows how these techniques contribute to the core theoretical issues of Cognitive Semantics as well as how they inform semantic analysis. The research presented in the volume constitutes an important step towards an Empirical Cognitive Semantics.

Cognitive Foundations of Linguistic Usage Patterns

Author : Hans-Jörg Schmid
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110216035
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Foundations of Linguistic Usage Patterns by : Hans-Jörg Schmid

Download or read book Cognitive Foundations of Linguistic Usage Patterns written by Hans-Jörg Schmid and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume presents an up-to-date collection of methodologically sensitive contributions providing mainly enthusiastic, at times also critical support for the cognitive-linguistic enterprise. The book is important for the advancement of cognitive linguistics because the contributions demonstrate the seriousness of its ambitions to develop into a set of testable linguistic approaches. For the same reason, the volume is a contribution to our understanding of language in general, since it puts a promising modern approach on firmer ground. Assets of the book include the wide range of linguistic phenomena studied (individual concepts, fundamental semantic problems like vagueness and polysemy, grammatical issues incl. gender and tense, collocations, constructions and speech acts) and the scope of applied perspectives including lexicographical, computational, developmental and critical discourse ones. The languages investigated are English, German, Dutch, Polish and Italian. Common to the contributions is the desire to bring together observed patterns of linguistic usage with concepts and models established in cognitive linguistics. In addition, all contributions have an empirical basis and emphasize the need to rely on a sound methodology. The linguistic phenomena investigated span the range from the lexico-conceptual and collocational level to constructions, grammatical categories and functions. Two complementary perspectives of language and cognition are represented in the volume: In one group, the established methods of psycholinguistic experimentation, quantitative corpus analysis and computational simulation are exploited to demonstrate the viability and to increase the plausibility of cognitive-linguistic thinking. The second group tests well-known cognitive-linguistic approaches like Conceptual Metaphor Theory, the Theory of Idealized Cognitive Models and Construction Grammar against authentic data demonstrating their applicability and explanatory potential. Both groups include contributions reaching beyond the scope of traditional cognitive-linguistic topics, e.g. by taking a critical stance of reductionist cognitive thinking. The volume is of interest to cognitive linguists, psycholinguists, theoretical linguists, lexicologists, and lexicographers.

Cognitive Linguistics in the English as a foreign language classroom

Author : Dorothee Kohl-Dietrich
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3830988532
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Linguistics in the English as a foreign language classroom by : Dorothee Kohl-Dietrich

Download or read book Cognitive Linguistics in the English as a foreign language classroom written by Dorothee Kohl-Dietrich and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2018 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Linguistics takes an experientialist approach towards language, emphasizing the centrality of (physical) experience for cognitive development. That is, cognition is regarded as embodied, and language - as part of the human cognitive system - is shaped by how human beings interact with their physical and social environment. Thus, language is usage-based and form-meaning mappings can be explained and systematized on the basis of their conceptual motivation. Despite the pedagogical potential of this theory, Cognitive Linguistic applications in foreign language teaching and learning are still in their initial stages and empirical research testing the effect of Cognitive-Linguistic teaching approaches in real classroom settings is rather scarce. The aim of this monograph is to provide insight into key tenets of the Cognitive Linguistic framework under the premise of their relevance for foreign language pedagogy. Empirical studies are presented focusing on how phrasal verbs can be taught from a Cognitive Linguistic perspective via awareness-raising methods. Based on statistical analyses and considering individual learner variables such as language aptitude, cognitive load and how students evaluated their own learning outcome, the author discusses the merits of a Cognitive Linguistic approach to phrasal verbs.

Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory

Author : Britta Stolterfoht
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 1614510881
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Book Synopsis Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory by : Britta Stolterfoht

Download or read book Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory written by Britta Stolterfoht and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mental representation of language cannot be directly observed but must be inferred and modelled from its effects at second hand. Linguists have traditionally responded to this in two ways, either going for a fairly data-light approach and valuing theoretical creativity, or pursuing just those goals for which data is available and trusting to data-driven descriptive work. More recently, advances in technology and experimental techniques have made data gathering easier and more accessible, so that a theoretically informed but empirically based approach is rapidly growing in popularity. This synthesis permits linguists to combine the intellectual hypothesis generation of the theoreticians with the ability to deliver hard answers of the empiricist. This volume is a collection of papers in this direction, using mostly experiment methods to yield insights into syntactic and semantic structures, language processing, and acquisition. Papers report corpus data, neurological investigations, child language studies, and fieldwork from minority languages.

Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Gitte Kristiansen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110197766
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Linguistics by : Gitte Kristiansen

Download or read book Cognitive Linguistics written by Gitte Kristiansen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Linguistics: Current Applications and Future Perspectives is an up-to-date survey of recent research in Cognitive Linguistics and its applications by prominent researchers. The volume brings together generally accessible syntheses and special studies of Cognitive Linguistics strands in a sizable format and is thus an asset not only to the Cognitive Linguistics community, but also to neighbouring disciplines and linguists in general. The volume covers a wide range of fields and combines wide accessibility with a highly specific information value. Key features: An excellent source for the study of Applied Cognitive Linguistics, one of the most popular and fastest growing areas in Linguistics. Authoritative and detailed survey articles by leading scholars in the field. Accessible to a general audience, yet also characterized by a highly specific information value.

Practical Theories and Empirical Practice

Author : Andrea C. Schalley
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027223947
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Practical Theories and Empirical Practice by : Andrea C. Schalley

Download or read book Practical Theories and Empirical Practice written by Andrea C. Schalley and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a perceived tension between empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of language. Many recent works in the discipline emphasise that linguistics is an 'empirical science'. This volume argues for a nuanced view, highlighting that theory and practice necessarily and as a matter of fact complement each other in linguistic research. Its contributions ranging from experimental studies in psychology via linguistic fieldwork and cross-linguistic comparisons to the application of formal and logical approaches to language exemplify the mutual relationship between empirical and theoretical work. The volume illustrates how selected topics are addressed by different contributions and methodological stances. Topics include the cognitive grounding of language, social cognition and the construction of meaning in interaction, and, closely related, pragmatics from a typological perspective and beyond. Anyone interested in these topics and more generally in meta-theoretical considerations will find great value in this volume.

Ten Lectures on Quantitative Approaches in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Stefan Th. Gries
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004336222
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Ten Lectures on Quantitative Approaches in Cognitive Linguistics by : Stefan Th. Gries

Download or read book Ten Lectures on Quantitative Approaches in Cognitive Linguistics written by Stefan Th. Gries and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of lectures provides an overview of the author's work on quantitative applications in cognitive linguistics by discussing a wide range of studies involving corpus-linguistic as well as experimental work. After a discussion of how corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and psycholinguistics relate to each other, the author discusses empirical and statistical studies of a wide variety of phenomena including morphophonology (morphological blends and alliteration effects), corpus-based cognitive semantics, frequency and association at the syntax-lexis interface. The book concludes with chapters exemplifying the role that bottom-up approaches can take, the role of statistical methods more generally, and the role of converging evidence from corpus and experimental data.The lectures for this book were given at The China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics in May 2013. In the e-book version all handouts have been made available at the back. All audio of the lectures as well as the handouts are available for free, in Open Access, here.

Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited

Author : Gitte Kristiansen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110733978
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited by : Gitte Kristiansen

Download or read book Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited written by Gitte Kristiansen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Sociolinguistics draws on the rich theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and focuses on the social factors that underlie the variability of meaning and conceptualization. In the last decade, the field has expanded in various way. The current volume takes stock of current and emerging advances in the field in short academic contributions. The studies collected in this book have a usage-based approach to language variation and change, drawing on the theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and are sensitive to social variation, be it cross-linguistic or language-internal. Three types of contributions are collected in this book. First, it contains theoretical overview papers on the domains that have witnessed expansion in recent years. Second, it presents novel research ideas in proof-of-concept contributions, aimed at blue-sky research and out-of-the-box linguistic analyses. Third, it showcases recent empirical studies within the field. By combining these three types of contributions, the book provides an encompassing overview of novel developments in the field of Cognitive Sociolinguistics.

Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Vyvyan Evans
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317954351
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Linguistics by : Vyvyan Evans

Download or read book Cognitive Linguistics written by Vyvyan Evans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A general introduction to the area of theoretical linguistics known as cognitive linguistics, this textbook provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field, including recent developments within cognitive semantics (such as Primary Metaphor Theory, Conceptual Blending Theory, and Principled Polysemy), and cognitive approaches to grammar (such as Radical Construction Grammar and Embodied Construction Grammar). The authors offer clear, critical evaluations of competing formal approaches within theoretical linguistics. For example, cognitive linguistics is compared to Generative Grammar and Relevance Theory. In the selection of material and in the presentations, the authors have aimed for a balanced perspective. Part II, Cognitive Semantics, and Part III, Cognitive Approaches to Grammar, have been created to be read independently. The authors have kept in mind that different instructors and readers will need to use the book in different ways tailored to their own goals. The coverage is suitable for a number of courses. While all topics are presented in terms accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, and modern languages, this work is sufficiently comprehensive and detailed to serve as a reference work for scholars who wish to gain a better understanding of cognitive linguistics.

Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory

Author : Kyoko Masuda
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1614514445
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory by : Kyoko Masuda

Download or read book Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory written by Kyoko Masuda and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By integrating cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories, this groundbreaking book presents empirical studies on selected grammatical and semantic aspects that are challenging for second/foreign language learners. Through in-depth studies exploring eight different languages, this book offers insights generated through the synergy between cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories that can be readily incorporated into teaching.

Data Analytics in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Dennis Tay
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110687348
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Analytics in Cognitive Linguistics by : Dennis Tay

Download or read book Data Analytics in Cognitive Linguistics written by Dennis Tay and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary data analytics involves extracting insights from data and translating them into action. With its turn towards empirical methods and convergent data sources, cognitive linguistics is a fertile context for data analytics. There are key differences between data analytics and statistical analysis as typically conceived. Though the former requires the latter, it emphasizes the role of domain-specific knowledge. Statistical analysis also tends to be associated with preconceived hypotheses and controlled data. Data analytics, on the other hand, can help explore unstructured datasets and inspire emergent questions. This volume addresses two key aspects in data analytics for cognitive linguistic work. Firstly, it elaborates the bottom-up guiding role of data analytics in the research trajectory, and how it helps to formulate and refine questions. Secondly, it shows how data analytics can suggest concrete courses of research-based action, which is crucial for cognitive linguistics to be truly applied. The papers in this volume impart various data analytic methods and report empirical studies across different areas of research and application. They aim to benefit new and experienced researchers alike.

Applying Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Ana María Piquer-Píriz
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027263450
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Applying Cognitive Linguistics by : Ana María Piquer-Píriz

Download or read book Applying Cognitive Linguistics written by Ana María Piquer-Píriz and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, Cognitive Linguistics (CL) has established itself not only as a solid theoretical approach but also as an important source from which different applications to other fields have emerged. In this volume we identify some of the current, most relevant topics in applied CL-oriented studies – analyses of figurative language (both metaphor and metonymy) in use, constructions and typology –, and present high-quality research papers that illustrate best practices in the research foci identified and their application to different fields including intercultural communication, the psychology of emotions, second and first language acquisition, discourse analysis and translation studies. It is also shown how different methodologies –the use of linguistic corpora, psycholinguistic experiments or discourse analytic procedures– can shed some light on the basic premises of CL as well as providing insights into how CL can be applied in real world contexts. Finally, all the studies included in the volume are based on empirical data and there are some analyses of languages other than English (Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Danish, German and Polish), thus overcoming the contentions that CL-theoretically-based research is often based on linguistic intuition and focused only on the English language. We hope that the present volume will not only contribute to a better understanding of how CL can be applied but that it will also help to encourage, even further, more robust empirical research in this field. Originally published as a special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 14:1 (2016).

Introducing Linguistic Research

Author : Svenja Voelkel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316946533
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (169 download)

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Book Synopsis Introducing Linguistic Research by : Svenja Voelkel

Download or read book Introducing Linguistic Research written by Svenja Voelkel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, conducting empirical research in linguistics has become increasingly popular. The first of its kind, this book provides an engaging and practical introduction to this exciting versatile field, providing a comprehensive overview of research aspects in general, and covering a broad range of subdiscipline-specific methodological approaches. Subfields covered include language documentation and descriptive linguistics, language typology, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics and anthropological linguistics, cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. The book reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of each single approach and on how they interact with one-another across the study of language in its many diverse facets. It also includes exercises, example student projects and recommendations for further reading, along with additional online teaching materials. Providing hands-on experience, and written in an engaging and accessible style, this unique and comprehensive guide will give students the inspiration they need to develop their own research projects in empirical linguistics.