Cognitive linguistics (CL) is a relatively new field of study which is rapidly entering the mainstream of linguistics, language acquisition, and other related subjects. CL, working as a potential alternative to the Chomskyan paradigm, holds that (a) language 'emerges' from our complex interactions with a physical environment (therefore, usage-based), and that (b) language, communication, and cognition are mutually inextricable. We are now recruiting the people who are interested in CL approaches and its applications to second language teaching and learning (and acquisition, too!).
Let's meet and talk more about the issues here at https://cafe.naver.com/sangkilee
(← The first-meeting group photo will be added here. We are waiting for you :D)
Emergentism (also known as usage-based approaches or connectivism)
Prototype and radial categories
Metaphor and metonymy
Embodied cognition and gesture
Construction grammar
Cognitive Grammar