Part 1 Definition Cognitive linguistics is a newly established approach to the study of language that emerged in the 1970s as a reaction against the dominant generative paradigm which pur sues an autonomous view of language. Ruiz de Mendoza 1997 ◆认知语言学是一门坚持体验哲学观,以身体经 验和认知为出发点,以意义研究为中心,旨在通 过认知方式和知识结构等,对语言事实背后的 认知规律做岀统一解释的、新兴的、跨领域的 学科。(王寅,2004)