Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction
Martin Pütz, René Dirven and Susanne Niemeier
Section 1: Cognitive approaches to the English tense system
Cognitive linguistics, language pedagogy, and the English present tense
Ronald W. Langacker
Pretend play: trial ground for the simple present
Jenny Cook-Gumperz and Amy Kyratzis
The relation between experience, conceptual structure and meaning: non-temporal uses of tense and language teaching
Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans
Section 2: Facets of prototypes in grammatical constructions
Grammatical constructions and their discourse origins: prototype or family resemblance?
Paul J. Hopper
Transitivity parameter and prominence typology a cross-linguistic study
Sang Hwan Seong
Section 3: Neurocognitive and cognitive issues of language acquisition in general
Learning syntax — a neurocognitive approach
Sydney M. Lamb
Conceptual primes in early language development
Cliff Goddard
No preposition required. The role of prepositions for the understanding of spatial relations in language acquisition
Katharina J Rohlfing
The Graded Salience Hypothesis’ in second language acquisition
Istvan Kecskes
Subject Index