Vyvyan Evans
Encyclopedia
Vyvyan Evans is Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University
UK, where he is Head of the School of Linguistics & English Language. He received his PhD in Linguistics from Georgetown University in 2000. He has written numerous research monographs, textbooks, edited volumes and works of reference. He writes about Cognitive Linguistics
, and is President of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association. His research relates to the domains of space and time.. He also works on lexical and compositional semantics, as well as figurative language and abstract thought. He is the architect of The Theory of Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models, aka LCCM Theory. He is also General Editor for the journal Language and Cognition.
Bangor University
Bangor University is a university based in the city of Bangor in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales-United Kingdom.It was officially known for most of its history as the University College of North Wales...
UK, where he is Head of the School of Linguistics & English Language. He received his PhD in Linguistics from Georgetown University in 2000. He has written numerous research monographs, textbooks, edited volumes and works of reference. He writes about Cognitive Linguistics
Cognitive linguistics
In linguistics, cognitive linguistics refers to the branch of linguistics that interprets language in terms of the concepts, sometimes universal, sometimes specific to a particular tongue, which underlie its forms...
, and is President of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association. His research relates to the domains of space and time.. He also works on lexical and compositional semantics, as well as figurative language and abstract thought. He is the architect of The Theory of Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models, aka LCCM Theory. He is also General Editor for the journal Language and Cognition.
Books
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/0199234671/ How Words Mean: Lexical Concepts, Cognitive Models, and Meaning Construction]
- The Structure of Time: Language, Meaning and Temporal Cognition
- The Semantics of English Prepositions (with Andrea Tyler)
- Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction
- A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics
- The Cognitive Linguistics Reader
- Language, Cognition and Space: The State of the Art and New Directions
- New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics