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Foreword
T
houghstableinitscentralclaimsandbasicorganization,CognitiveGram-
marcontinuestoevolvethroughrefinement,theoreticalelaboration,and
expansionofthedomainssubjectedtodetailedanalysis.Oneaspectofthis
evolutionaryprocessconsistsinrevisitingtopicsthatweredealtwithyears
earlierinamorepreliminaryfashion.Witheachsuccessivepass,thereis
theprospectofadeeper,broader,morepreciseaccount,aswellasaclearer,
betterorganizedpresentation.
TislectureseriesinLublinaffordedsuchanopportunityinregardto
nominals,animportanttopicthattendstobeovershadowedbyissuesper-
tainingtoclausesandmorecomplexexpressions.Toughhardlyneglected
inCognitiveGrammar,thevariousfacetsofnominalstructurehavereceived
lessattentionthantheymeritandhaveoftenbeentreatedseparately.Tese
lecturesthereforeaimataunifiedtreatmentofnounclasses,theassociated
semanticfunctions,howthestructureofnominalsreflectstheirfunctional
organization,andcertainaspectsoftheiruseindiscourse.Emphasisisplaced
ongrounding,quantification,relativevs.absolutequantifiers,andthedual
roleofthelatterasmodifiersandgroundingelements.
Whiletheanalysispresentedisfarfrombeingeithercomprehensiveor
definitive,Ibelieveittobemorecoherent,perspicuous,anddescriptively
adequatethanpreviousattempts.Ifnothingelseitreflectsanumberof
theoreticalnotionswhich,thoughnotreallynewinCognitiveGrammar,
arenowbeingmademoreexplicit,exploredingreaterdepth,andapplied
moresystematicallythanbefore.Tesenotionsinclude:systemsofoppos-
ingelements,thefundamentalroleofsemanticfunctions,grammarasthe
implementationofthosefunctions,andstructuresbeingorganizedinstrata,
