Grounding

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Grounding is written by Frank Brisard and published by Walter de Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110173697 (ISBN 10) and 9783110173697 (ISBN 13).

This compilation of invited contributions, gathering an international collection of cognitive and functional linguists, offers an outline of original empirical work carried out in grounding theory. Grounding is a central notion in cognitive grammar that addresses the linking of semantic content to contextual factors that constitute the subjective ground (or situation of speech). The volume illustrates a growing concern with the application of cognitive grammar to constructions establishing deixis and reference. It proposes a double focus on nominal and clausal grounding, as well as on ways of integrating analyses across these domains.