Theory and practice in functional-cognitive space / edited by María de los Ángeles Gómez González, University of Santiago de Compostela ; Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, University of La Rioja ; Francisco Gonzálvez-García, University of Almería ; honorary editor, Angela Downing, the Complutense University of Madrid.

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Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive Space; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Plotting functional-cognitive space; 1. Preliminary remarks ; 2. On the notion of functional-cognitive space; 3. The contributions in this volume; 3.1 Contributions using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL); 3.2 Contributions using Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) ; 3.3 Contributions using Role and Reference Grammar (RRG); 3.4 Contributions using a cognitivist theory ; 4. A final overview of this book and concluding remarks; References; Part I. Systemic Functional linguistics.

Giving it my best shot: Towards a coherent functional analysis of metaphorically-derived processes1. Participant Roles, metaphor and light verbs; 2. The case of "give"; 2.1 The aim of this chapter; 2.2 Prototypical give; 2.3 Identifying "give" as a relational process; 3. Departures from the prototype; 3.1 Departure 1: Possessed = [+ inalienable]; 3.2 Departure 2: given entity =[+abstract], giver = ± human]; 3.3 Departure 3: Semiotic giving in acts of communication; 3.4 Speech Act verbs; 3. 5 Departure 4: Clear light verb constructions with "give"; 3.6 Final departures; 4. Conclusions.

3.2.2 The size and semantic scope of the system network3.2.3 The principles underlying the system network ; 3.3 The central roles of probabilities in the system network; 3.4 The problem of the 'count' versus 'mass' distinction and related matters; 3.4.1 The problem of 'count' versus 'mass'; 3.4.2 Two further problems with 'mass' versus 'count' as a primary system; 3.4.3 The solution to these apparent problems; 3.4.4 Long thin things and other such grammatically realized categories; 3.5 Some important non-taxonomic features in the system network.

3.6 Other types of meaning in the network: Affective, register and dialect4. Summary and conclusions; References; An interpersonal study of the leading hotels of the world: A systemic-functional social-semiotic approach; 1. Introduction; 2. SFG and Visual Social Semiotics; 3. The analysis of the interpersonal/interactive meaning; 3.1 Methodology. Some troubleshooting aspects; 3.2 Interpersonal options in verbal language ; 3.3 Interactive choices in the photographs; 4. Conclusion: The co-deployment of images and words ; References; Theme and variations; 1. Introduction.

In line with previous work on the Lexical Constructional Model or LCM(Ruiz de Mendoza & Mairal, 2008; Ruiz de Mendoza, 2013), the present paperpostulates the existence of fixed form-meaning pairings, or constructions, atdiscourse level. The paper first argues that discourse relations such as restatement, contrast, condition, and others, provide cognitive base domains againstwhich the fixed elements of discourse constructions are profiled. Then, thepaper claims that the different constructions that profile the same base domainare members of the same family and discusses the degree of interchange.

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