<b>Providing an engaging, accessible and practically-focused introduction to cognitive grammar, this book demonstrates how central cognitive grammar principles can be used in stylistic analyses. </b>Assuming no prior knowledge, it leads students through the basics of cognitive grammar, outlining its place within the field of cognitive linguistics as a whole, providing clear explanations of key principles and concepts, and explaining how these can be used to support the study of a range of literary and non-literary texts.Thoroughly updated throughout to encompass emerging trends in the field, this second edition features:- Increased exploration of a range of topics, including specificity and definiteness, scanning, perfective and imperfective verbs, action chains, and subjective and objective construal- A brand new chapter on extended projects in cognitive grammar- Additional activities, including on a wider range of literary texts- Further solutions to modelled answers- Updated example