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Cognitive Linguistics

ISSN: 1613-3641

Editor-in-chief: Dagmar Divjak

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Deadline: 15 September 2023

Cognitive Linguistics is the official journal of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association and the flagship journal of the discipline. The current Editor-in-Chief, Professor Dagmar Divjak, is stepping down in June 2024 after 6 years in the role and we are looking to appoint a new Editor-in-Chief to lead the journal and the editorial team.

Cognitive Linguistics is keen to increase the diversity on its editorial team. We welcome applications from cognitive linguists in any region of the world, provided that the prospective post-holder is fluent in English. We particularly welcome candidates who are invested in increasing equality, diversity, and inclusion, and in supporting Open Science.

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Cognitive Linguistics presents a forum for linguistic research of all kinds on the interaction between language and cognition. The journal focuses on language as an instrument for organizing, processing and conveying information. Cognitive Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope and seeks to publish only works that represent a significant advancement to the theory or methods of cognitive linguistics, or that present an unknown or understudied phenomenon.

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the structural characteristics of natural language categorization (such as prototypicality, cognitive models, metaphor, and imagery);
the functional principles of linguistic organization, as illustrated by iconicity;
the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics;
the experiential background of language-in-use, including the cultural background;
the relationship between language and thought, including matters of universality and language specificity

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Research Articles - these are substantive pieces presening original research, totalling between 8,000 and 10,000 words on first submission
Registered report - each year we have space for one registered report that tackles a core question in cognitive linguistics. See the registered reports guidelines for more information.
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Special Issue proposals: We are currently committed for 2022; the next round of review is expected to take place in Autumn 2021, with publication (in print) expected early 2023.

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Note that we no longer accept Book Reviews.

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State-of-the-art linguistic research on the interaction between language and cognition
Appreciation of diverse theoretical frameworks within wider usage-based linguistics
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Cognitive Linguistics was founded by De Gruyter Mouton and Dirk Geeraerts in 1990. The first issue came out in February 1990.

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Volume 34 Issue 3-4

August 2023

Publicly Available November 8, 2023

Frontmatter

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Research Articles

September 27, 2023

Cross-modal iconicity and indexicality in the production of lexical sensory and emotional signs in Finnish Sign Language

Jarkko Keränen

Page range: 333-369

Abstract

In the present study, cross-modal (i.e., across sensory modalities such as smell and sound) iconicity (i.e., resemblance) and indexicality (i.e., contiguity) in lexical sensory and emotional signs in Finnish Sign Language will be considered from an articulatory perspective (i.e., the production of signs). Such cross-modal iconicity has not been extensively studied previously, so here, with the help of cognitive semiotics, I aim to carefully describe the cross-modal patterns observed across 118 signs, including 60 sensory signs and 58 emotional signs. The analysis is framed within the theoretical model of Semiotic Hierarchy, which entails a non-reductionist view of meaning. In addition, a pheno-methodological triangulation will be applied: phenomenology (first-person method), literature of phenomenological and semiotic descriptions (second-person perspective) and experimental findings (third-person perspective). The results of this analysis show that (a) 71 of the 118 sensory and emotional signs are cross-modally indexical, (b) only 10 of the 71 signs can be regarded as cross-modally iconic, (c) cross-modal iconicity is highly diagrammatic, (d) iconicity and indexicality are highly integrated, and (e) articulatory feedback matters in the formation of semiotic patterns. This study contributes to our understanding of cross-modal iconicity in signed languages, as well as studies in semiotic systems more generally.

Publicly Available October 19, 2023

The next station: chunking of değİl ‘not’ collocations in Turkish Sign Language

Bahtiyar Makaroğlu

Page range: 371-409

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More recently, grammaticalization theorists have become increasingly aware of the role of collocations in grammatical development. One of these roles is to define phonetic reductions and fusion in frequent collocations as constructionalization. Based on frequency of occurrences, the present study explores the implications of high-frequency collocations in Turkish Sign Language for grammaticalization and offers a novel account of constructional change of değİl ‘not’ on usage-based grounds. Specifically, the study suggests that (i) the chunking process is not language-specific within the spoken modality, as noted previously in the literature, (ii) the frequency of collocations is strongly correlated with phonetic reduction and duration, (iii) the fusional characteristics of [sign + değİl ] collocations can be classified under four reduced constructional schemas, (iv) the monosyllabicity of a scheme appears to be criterion for it to be productive in signed modality and (v) the semantic changes of frequent [sign + değİl ] collocations are related to the notion of subjectification in TİD.

Open Access October 10, 2023

Running across the mind or across the park: does speech about physical and metaphorical motion go hand in hand?

Wojciech Lewandowski, Şeyda Özçalışkan

Page range: 411-444

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Abstract

Expression of physical motion (e.g., man runs by ) shows systematic variability not only between language types (i.e., inter-typological) but also within a language type (i.e., intra-typological). In this study, we asked whether the patterns of variability extend to metaphorical motion events (e.g., time runs by ). Our analysis of randomly selected 450 physical motion (150/language) and 450 metaphorical motion (150/language) event descriptions from written texts originally produced by German, Polish, and Spanish authors showed strong inter-typological differences in the expression of both event types. German and Polish speakers differed from Spanish speakers in how they packaged manner and path components of a motion event; they also differed in how extensively they expressed each component in their lexicalization of motion. The strong inter-typological differences were accompanied by more modest intra-typological variability: Polish and German writers differed in their packaging and lexicalization of manner and path components of metaphorical—but not physical—motion events. Our results provide evidence for robust inter-typological differences evident in the expression of both physical and metaphorical motion, along with less robust intra-typological differences, largely evident in the expression of metaphorical motion. Our study thus highlights event type as an important factor in determining crosslinguistic variation in motion expression.

Open Access October 9, 2023

The language of sound: events and meaning multitasking of words

Jenny Hartman, Carita Paradis

Page range: 445-477

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Abstract

The focus of much sensory language research has been on vocabulary and codability, not how language is used in communication of sensory perceptions. We make a case for discourse-oriented research about sensory language as an alternative to the prevailing vocabulary orientation. To consider the language of sound in authentic textual data, we presented participants with 20 everyday sounds of unknown sources and asked them to describe the sounds in as much detail as possible, as if describing them to someone who could not hear them. We explored how the participants use language to describe these sounds. Do they describe their listening experiences ( stressful ), sound properties ( intermittent beeping ), and/or the events that caused the sounds ( eating an apple )? The results show that out of these three soundscape elements, events are the most frequent and most indispensable element. We let the results from the study illustrate the need for more discursive data in studies of sensory language and argue that there is no designated language of sound. Our study highlights that in order to account for sensory language use, we need an analytical framework that accommodates discursive language in a non-trivial way beyond stable couplings between individual words and meanings.

Open Access October 3, 2023

Updating constructions: additive effects of prior and current experience during sentence production

Malathi Thothathiri, Natalia Levshina

Page range: 479-502

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While much earlier work has indicated that prior verb bias from lifelong language experience influences language processing, recent findings highlight the fact that verb biases induced during lab-based exposure sessions also influence processing. We investigated the nature of updating, i.e., how prior and current experience might interact in guiding subsequent sentence production. Participants underwent a short training session where we manipulated the bias of known English dative verbs. The prior bias of each verb for the double-object (DO) versus the prepositional-object (PO) dative was estimated using a corpus. Current verb bias was counterbalanced and controlled experimentally. Bayesian mixed-effects logistic models of participants’ responses (DO or PO) during subsequent free-choice production showed that both the prior and current verb biases affected speakers’ construction choice. These effects were additive and not interactive, contrary to the prediction from error-based learning models. Semantic similarity to other verbs and their experimentally manipulated biases influenced sentence production, consistent with item-based analogy and exemplar theory. These results shed light on the potential mechanisms underlying language updating and the adaptation of sentence production to ongoing experience.

October 27, 2023

Investigating the psychological reality of argument structure constructions and N1 of N2 constructions: a comparison between L1 and L2 speakers of English

Yingying Liu, Kevin McManus

Page range: 503-531

Abstract

This study examined L1 and L2 English speakers’ sensitivity to constructional meaning by investigating their categorization of Noun1 of Noun2 constructions (e.g., results of studies ) and argument structure constructions (e.g., Tom cut the bread ). Participants were 40 L1 English speakers and 44 intermediate proficiency Chinese-speaking learners of L2 English, who completed two online sorting experiments. In each experiment, participants were instructed to (i) sort the stimuli according to their overall meaning and (ii) provide explanations for their sorting decisions. Results showed that EFL users preferred construction-based sorting for the argument structure stimuli but not the Noun1 of Noun2 stimuli. However, L1 English speakers showed a preference toward word-based sorting for both construction types. Participants’ self-reported explanations for their sorts nonetheless indicated sensitivity to the constructional meanings of argument structure constructions and Noun1 of Noun2 constructions. Additionally, language users were found more likely to produce construction-based sorts with more time spent on the task.

Open Access October 19, 2023

Semantic micro-dynamics as a reflex of occurrence frequency: a semantic networks approach

Andreas Baumann, Klaus Hofmann, Anna Marakasova, Julia Neidhardt, Tanja Wissik

Page range: 533-568

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This article correlates fine-grained semantic variability and change with measures of occurrence frequency to investigate whether a word’s degree of semantic change is sensitive to how often it is used. We show that this sensitivity can be detected within a short time span (i.e., 20 years), basing our analysis on a large corpus of German allowing for a high temporal resolution (i.e., per month). We measure semantic variability and change with the help of local semantic networks, combining elements of deep learning methodology and graph theory. Our micro-scale analysis complements previous macro-scale studies from the field of natural language processing, corroborating the finding that high token frequency has a negative effect on the degree of semantic change in a lexical item. We relate this relationship to the role of exemplars for establishing form–function pairings between words and their habitual usage contexts.

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Journal Impact Factor	1.7	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor	2.2	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
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CiteScore	2.8	2022, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2023)
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Editorial

Editor-in-Chief
Dagmar Divjak
University of Birmingham
Department of Modern Languages & Department of English Language and Linguistics
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
UK
e-mail: cogling@degruyter.com

Consulting Editor for Methodology and Registered Reports
Petar Milin
University of Birmingham, UK

Consulting Editor for Theory
John Newman
University of Alberta, Canada & Monash University, Australia

Associate Editors
Martin Hilpert (Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Karen Sullivan (University of Queensland, Australia)
Benedikt Szmrecsanyi (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Sherman Wilcox (University of New Mexico, USA)

Editorial Assistant
Dagmar Hanzlikova

Editorial Board
Antonio Barcelona (University of Córdoba, Spain)
William Croft (University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, USA)
Ewa Dabrowska (University of Birmingham, UK)
Holger Diessel (University of Jena, Germany)
Sarah Duffy (Northumbria University, UK)
Susanne Flach (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Ad Foolen (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
Dirk Geeraerts (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Raymond W. Gibbs (University of California at Santa Cruz, USA)
Stefan Th. Gries (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)
Lynn Hou (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)
Tuomas Huumo (University of Turku, Finland)
Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Seizi Iwata (Kansai University, Osaka, Japan)
Vsevolod Kapatsinski (University of Oregon, USA)
Ronald W. Langacker (University of California at San Diego, USA)
Natalia Levshina, Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Jeannette Littlemore (University of Birmingham, UK)
Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (Universidad de La Rioja, Spain)
Klaus-Uwe Panther (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Fey Parrill (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
Frank Polzenhagen (Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany)
Sally Rice (University of Alberta, Canada)
Hans Joerg Schmid (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany)
Dingfang Shu (Shanghai International Studies University, China)
Javier Valenzuela (University of Murcia, Spain)
Arie Verhagen (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
Eva Zehentner (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Eline Zenner (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Jordan Zlatev (Lund University, Sweden)

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Online ISSN: 1613-3641
Print ISSN: 0936-5907
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
First published: March 10, 1990
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year
Audience: institutes, libraries, linguists, literary scholars