Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations, symbols and transcription -- Part I: Overview of the cognitive linguistics enterprise -- Introduction -- 1 What does it mean to know a language? -- 2 The nature of cognitive linguistics: Assumptions and commitments -- 3 Universals and variation in language, thought and experience -- 4 Language in use: knowledge of language, language change and language acquisition -- Part II: Cognitive semantics -- Introduction -- 5 What is cognitive semantics? -- 6 Embodiment and conceptual structure -- 7 The encyclopaedic view of meaning -- 8 Categorisation and idealised cognitive models -- 9 Metaphor and metonymy -- 10 Word meaning and radial categories -- 11 Meaning construction and mental spaces -- 12 Conceptual blending -- 13 Cognitive semantics in context -- Part III: Cognitive approaches to grammar -- Introduction -- 14 What is a cognitive approach to grammar? -- 15 The conceptual basis of grammar -- 16 Cognitive Grammar: word classes -- 17 Cognitive Grammar: constructions -- 18 Cognitive Grammar: tense, aspect, mood and voice -- 19 Motivating a construction grammar -- 20 The architecture of construction grammars -- 21 Grammaticalisation -- 22 Cognitive approaches to grammar in context -- Part IV: Conclusion -- 23 Assessing the cognitive linguistics enterprise -- Appendix -- References -- Index.