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A-Z 197cognitive linguistics (also cognitivepsychology)Interdisciplinary direction of research developed at the end of the 1950s in the UnitedStates that is concerned with the investigation of mental processes in the acquisition anduse of knowledge and language. In contrast with behaviorism that concentrates onobservable behavior and stimulus-response processes, behavior in cognitive linguisticsplays only a mediating role inasmuch as it supports insights into cognitive processes. Theobject of investigation is research into cognitive or mental structure and organization byanalyzing cognitive strategies used by humans in thinking, storing information,comprehending, and producing language.ReferencesBever, T.G. et al. (eds) 1985. The study of language in cognitive sciences. Cambridge, MA.Carston, R. 1988. Language and cognition. In F. Newmeyer (ed.), Linguistics: the Cambridgesurvey. Cambridge. Vol. 3, 28–68.Deane, P.D. 1992. Grammar in mind and brain. Explorations in cognitive syntax. Berlin and NewYork.Dressler, W.U. 1990. The cognitive perspective of ‘naturalist’ linguistic models. CognitiveLinguistics 1. 75–98.Estes, W.K. 1978. Handbook of learning and cognitive processes, vol. 6: Linguistic functions incognitive theory. Hillsdale, NJ.Howard, D.V. 1983. Cognitive psychology: memory, language, and thought. New York.Jackendoff, R. 1992. Languages of the mind: essays on mental representation. Cambridge, MA.Lakoff, G. 1987. Women, fire and dangerous things. What categories reveal about the mind.Chicago and London.Reuland, E. and Abraham, W. (eds) 1992. Knowledge and language, 2 vols. Dordrecht.Rudzka-Ostyn, B. (ed.) 1988. Topics in cognitive linguistics. Amsterdam.Schwarz, M. (ed.) 1994. Kognitive Semantik/ Cognitive semantics: Ergebnisse, Probleme,Perspektiven. Tübingen.Von Geert, P. 1981. The development of perception, cognition, and language. London.CognitionCognitive LinguisticsJournals