Cognitive linguistics has developed into one of the most dynamic and attractive frameworks within theoretical and descriptive linguistics. With 49 chapters wiritten by experts in the field, this reference volume authoritatively covers the entire domain of cognitive linguistics, from basic concepts to practical applications. No other comprehensive overview of this burgeoning field currently exists.

1: Dirk Geeraerts and Hubert Cuyckens: Introducing Cognitive Linguistics 2: Tim Rohrer: Embodiment and Experimentation 3: Arie Verhagen: Construal and Perspectivization 4: David Tuggy: Schematicity 5: Jans-Jörg Schmid: Entrenchment, Salience, and Basic Levels 6: Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk: Plysemy, Prototypes, and Radical Categories 7: Alan Cienki: Frames, Idealized Cognitive Models, and Domins 8: Joseph E. Grady: Metaphor 9: Todd Oakley: Image Schemas 10: Klaus-Uwe Panther and Linda L. Thornburg: Metonymy 11: Leonard Taimy: Attention Phenomena 12: Walter De Mulder: Force Dynamics 13: Jordon Zlatev: Spatial Semantics 14: Gilles Fauconnier: Mental Spaces 15: Mark Turner: Conceptual Integration 16: Willy Van Langendonck: Iconicity 17: Ronald W. Langacker: Cognitive Grammar 18: William Croft: Construction Grammar 19: Richard Hudson: Word Grammar 20: Jan Nuyts: Cognitive Linguistics and Functional Linguistics 21: John R. Taylor: Cognitive Linguistics and Autonomous Linguistics 22: Brigette Nerlich and David D. Clarke: Cognitive Linguistics and the History of Linguistics 23: Geoff Nathan: Phonology 24: Laura Janda: Inflectional Morphology 25: Freidrich Ungerer: Word Formation 26: Gunter Senft: Normal Classification 27: Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.: Idioms and Formulaic Language 28: Relational Constructions in Cognitive Linguistics 29: Jos: Clause Structure and Transivity 30: Michel Achard: Complementation 31: Ronny Boogart and Tho Janssen: Tense and Aspect 32: Ricardo Maldonado: Grammatical Voice in Cognitive Grammar 33: Tanja Mortelmans: Modality in Cognitive Linguistics 34: Karen van Koek: Pronominal Anaphora 35: Ted Sanders and Wilbert Spooren: Discourse and Text Structure 36: Joan Bybee: Diachronic Linguistics 37: Stefan Grondelars, Dirk Speelman, and Dirk Geeraerts: Lexical Variation and Change 38: Eric Pederson: Cognitive Linguistics and Lingusitic Relativity 39: Gary Palmer: Congitive Linguistics and Anthropological Linguistics 40: Johan can der Auwera and Jan Nuyts: Cognitive Lingusitics and Lingusitic Typology 41: Michel Tomasello: Congnitive Linguistics and First Language Acquistion 42: Sherman Wilcox: Signed Languages 43: Martin Pütz: Cognitive Linguistics and Applied Linguistics 44: Dirk Geerarts: Lexicography 45: Margaret H. Freeman: Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Literary Studies: State of the Art in Cognitive Poetics 46: René Dirven, Hans-Georg Wolf, and Frank Polzenhagen: Cognitive Linguistics and Cultural Studies 47: ené Dirven, Hans-Georg Wolf, and Frank Polzenhagen: Cognitive Linguistics, Ideology, and Critical Discourse Analysis 48: Petr Harder: Cognitive Linguistics and Philosophy 49: Chris Sinha: Cognitive Linguistics, Psychology, and Cognitive Science

"The editors have brought together contributions from many of the world's leading cognitive linguists. The overviews that these scholars provide are authoritative, lucid, and highly informative, and, like all good surveys, are not mere summaries but also offer useful syntheses and critiques of the relevant research. [the Handbook] is unique in its depth and breadth of coverage, and is therefore destined to become a standard reference in the field." --Language