Cognitive Grammar in Stylistics

"Thoroughly updated throughout to encompass emerging trends in the field, this second edition provides an engaging, accessible and practically-focused introduction to cognitive grammar, demonstrating how central cognitive grammar principles can be used in stylistic analyses. Assuming no prior knowledge, it leads students through the basics of cognitive grammar, outlining its place within the field of cognitive linguistics as a whole, providing clear explanations of key principles and concepts, and explaining how these can be used to support the study of a range of literary and non-literary texts"--