Full Description
This book reviews the basic claims and descriptive constructs of Cognitive Grammar, outlines major themes in its ongoing development, and applies these notions to central problems in grammatical analysis. The initial review covers conceptual semantics, the conceptual characterization of grammatical categories, grammatical constructions, and the architecture of a unified theory of language structure. Main themes in the framework's development include the dynamicity of language structure, grammar as the implementation of semantic functions, systems of opposing elements to serve those functions, and organization in strata representing successive elaborations of a baseline structure. The descriptive application of these notions centers on nominal and clausal structure, with special emphasis on nominal grounding.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Additional Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
1Introduction
1The Constitution of Europe
2Philipp Melanchthon
3Prior Research
4Reformation of Historical Thought
5Melanchthon's Historical Works
6Carion's Chronicle
7Chapter Summaries
2The Fourth Monarchy and the Translatio Imperii
1Introduction
2Universal History and the Roman Empire
3Christian Historiography
4Late Antiquity and the Fourth Monarchy
5St. Augustine and the Six Ages
6Universal History in the Early Middle Ages
7The Four Monarchies in the High Middle Ages
8Translationes Imperii and theDonation of Constantine
9Papal-Imperial Chronicles
10Challenges to the Curial Theories
11Early Printed Chronicles
12The Germania Illustrata and Nauclerus's Chronicle
13Conclusion
3Johann Carion of Bietigheim: The Berlin Court Astronomer
1Introduction
2Carion's Early Career
3Sintflut of 1524
4A Second Flood Prediction
5Natural Art of Astrology
6The Dispute with Andreas Perlach
7Carion and Königsberg
8Carion and Melanchthon
9Melanchthon and Annius of Viterbo
10Carion's 1532 Visit to Wittenberg
11Seventy Weeks of Daniel
12Celestial Signs and Portents
13Carion's Career after 1532
14Conclusion
4Carion's Chronicle: A Wittenberg View of the Past
1Introduction
2The Reformation of Form and Structure
3Translationes Imperii
4The Holy Roman Empire
5The Four Monarchies and the Turks
6The Wittenberg World Map
7The Turks in Carion's Chronicle
8Ecclesiastical History
9The Melanchthon-Peucer Chronicle of 1572
10Melanchthon's Revisions
11Caspar Peucer's Revisions
12The Electoral College
13The Medieval Papacy
14Ecclesiastical History and Periodization
15Conclusion
5The Transmission and Reception of Carion's Chronicle
1Introduction
2The Early Transmission of Carion's Chronicle
3The Latin Transmission of the Carion-Melanchthon Chronicle
4Translations
5Carion's Chronicle in the Catholic Context
6Johann Funck and the 1542 Turkish Campaign
7The 1546 Wittenberg Edition
8The Schmalkaldic War
9Unauthorized Editions of the Chronicle
10Melanchthon's Revised Chronicle
11Caspar Peucer
12Peucer and the Chronicle
13Wittenberg and Frankfurt
14Wittenberg Chronicle
15The Fall of the Philippists
16Conclusion
6The Legacy of Wittenberg Historiography
1Introduction
2Jean Bodin's Attack on German Political Thought
3The Initial German Response to Bodin
4The Fourth Monarchy and the Theologians
5The Fourth Monarchy and the Imperial Publicists
6The Fourth Monarchy and the Historians
7The Four Monarchies in the Graphic Arts
8The Last Days of the Fourth Monarchy
7Conclusion
Appendix A: Carion's Chronicle - Textual Transmission
Appendix B: Carion's Chronicle - Manuscript Notes
Appendix C: Carion's Chronicle - Stemma of Editions
Appendix D: Carion's Chronicle - Indices to the Editions
Appendix E: Carion's Chronicle - Census of Editions
Bibliography
Index
