"The studies in the present volume illustrate the current state-of-the-art in the corpus-based approach in cognitive linguistics, which seeks to motivate linguistic phenomena through the combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis. By focusing on language use in different contexts from a variety of perspectives, each of the contributions in this volume presents its own unique take on the intertwined relationship between language, thought, and communication. Thus, each article shows how a combination of quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques helps shed new light on old issues, reflecting the usage-based nature of cognitive linguistics and illustrating the explanatory adequacy of corpus-based methods. Originally published as special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 17:1 (2019)"--.

• Corpus Approaches to Language, Thought and Communication
• Editorial page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of contents
• Deep dives into big data. Best practices for synthesis of quantitative and qualitative analysis in Cognitive Linguistics
  • References
• Quantitative perspectives in Cognitive Linguistics
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.What brought about the quantitative turn?
    • 2.1A usage-based model of language is data-friendly
    • 2.2Advent of electronic language resources
    • 2.3Advent of analytical tools
  • 3.What does the quantitative turn bring us?
    • 3.1Quantitative methods in cognitive linguistics
      • 3.1.1Is A different from B? Chi-square test, Fisher test, Binomial test, t-test, ANOVA
      • 3.1.2What factors are associated with A? Correlation, regression, mixed effects regression, classification and regression trees, naïve discriminative learning
      • 3.1.3What is the structure of relationships among a group of items? Cluster analysis, multi-dimensional scaling, correspondence analysis
    • 3.2Role of introspection
  • 4.Where does the quantitative turn lead us?
    • 4.1Opportunities
    • 4.2Dangers
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
• Massive corpora and models of cross‑cultural communication styles in Cognitive Linguistics. The case of the N1 V (for) N2 to-infinitive construction in English
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Models of inter-cultural and cross-cultural communication styles
  • 3.The method and the corpus
  • 4.Data and discussion
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
• Contrastive semantics of human locomotion verbs. English walk vs. Czech jít and kráčet
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Data, method, and research question
  • 3.A brief survey of the descriptions of walk in the literature
  • 4.Quantization of motion in walk, jít and kráčet: A preliminary account
  • 5.Speed in relation to the character of the quantization of motion
  • 6.Bodily posture
  • 7.Directionality of path
    • 7.1Prepositional path phrases
      • 7.1.1Relative suppression of directionality in in- and on-path phrases
    • 7.2Prepositionless path phrases
  • 8.The human actor’s experiential self in kráčet
  • 9. Kráčet used as an evaluative verb
  • 10.Conclusion
  • References
• Parts of speech membership as a factor of meaning extension and level of abstraction. Comparison of Czech adjectives and Japanese verbs in adnominal modification
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The target structural difference and its implications
  • 3.Relevant previous research on meaning and meaning extension
  • 4.Research question, methodology and results
  • 5.Results
    • 5.1 Mokrý versus nureta, nureteiru (wet)
      • 5.1.1Detected types of uses for the Czech adjectival attribute mokrý (wet):
      • 5.1.2Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute nureta (wet):
      • 5.1.3Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute nureteiru (wet):
      • 5.1.4Summary and discussion of Czech and Japanese expressions of wet
    • 5.2 Suchý versus kawaita, kawaiteiru (dry)
      • 5.2.1Detected types of uses for the Czech adjectival attribute suchý (dry):
      • 5.2.2Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute kawaita (dry):
      • 5.2.3Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute kawaiteiru (dry):
      • 5.2.4Summary and discussion of Czech and Japanese expressions of dry
    • 5.3 Živý versus ikita (live)
      • 5.3.1Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute ikita (live):
    • 5.4Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute ikiteiru (live):
      • 5.4.1Summary and discussion of Czech and Japanese expressions of live
    • 5.5 Mrtvý versus shinda (dead)
      • 5.5.1Detected types of uses for the Czech adjectival attribute mrtvý (dead):
      • 5.5.2Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute shinda (dead):
      • 5.5.3Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute shindeiru (dead):
      • 5.5.4Summary and discussion of Czech and Japanese expressions of dead
    • 5.6 Tlustý versus futotta, futotteiru and futoi (thick)
      • 5.6.1Detected types of uses for the Czech adjectival attribute tlustý (thick):
      • 5.6.2Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute futotta (fat):
      • 5.6.3Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute futotteiru (fat):
      • 5.6.4Detected types of uses for the Japanese verbal attribute adjectival attribute futoi (thick):
      • 5.6.5Summary and discussion of Czech and Japanese expressions of thick
    • 5.7Summary of results and general discussion
  • References
• The near-synonymy of classifiers and construal operation. A corpus-based study of 棵 kē and 株 zhū in Chinese
  • 1.Classifiers in Chinese
  • 2.Near-synonymy in cognitive linguistics
  • 3.Scope and method of analysis
  • 4. Kē and zhū as classifiers
    • 4.1The nouns modified by kē
    • 4.2The nouns modified by zhū
    • 4.3A comparison of the nouns modified by kē and zhū
  • 5.The quantifier in [quantifier] – [classifier] – [noun]
  • 6.When it all adds up: The construal invoked by [quantifier] – [ke/zhu] – [noun]
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations used
  • References
  • Dictionary consulted
• Construction in conversation. An Interactional Construction Grammar approach to the use of xiangshuo ‘think’ in spoken Taiwan Mandarin
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Previous research on xiangshuo
  • 3.Data and methodology
  • 4.The co-occurrence patterns of xiangshuo and different subjects
  • 5.Sequential patterns of xiangshuo in interaction
    • 5.1The account-giving sequence
    • 5.2The contrast-projecting sequence
    • 5.3The involvement-constructing sequence
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Transcription conventions
  • References
• Index