Cognitive models, perspectives and the construction of situated meaning have always been core concepts in cognitive linguistics. The papers in this volume present applications of those concepts to the study of discourse phenomena.

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Introduction (by Liebert, Wolf-Andreas); 3. I. Cognition, Perspective, and Modality in Discourse; 4. Form-Use Mappings for Tag Questions (by Cuenca, Maria Josep); 5. The Social Dimension of a Cognitive Grammar (by Hawkins, Bruce); 6. Even, Sae/Sura/Mo as Constraints on Contextual Assumptions (by Higashimori, Isao); 7. Semantic Content and Depth of Intention: A Study in Cognitive Semantics (by Hirsch, Richard); 8. Perspective, Subjectivity, and Modality from a Cognitive Linguistic Point of View (by Sanders, Jose); 9. II. Metaphors and Metonymy in Discourse; 10. A few Metaphorical Models in (Western) Economic Discourse (by Boers, Frank); 11. The Spatialization of Judgement (by Emanatian, Michele); 12. Stop Making Sense!: Metaphor and Perspective in Creative Thinking Sessions of Scientists and Scientific Radio Broadcasts (by Liebert, Wolf-Andreas); 13. Conceptual Blending on the Information Highway: How Metaphorical Inferences Work (by Rohrer, Tim); 14. Speech Act Metonymies (by Thornburg, Linda L.); 15. III. Correlates of Discourse Structure; 16. Focus Movements and the Internal Images of Spoken Discourse (by Holmqvist, Kenneth); 17. Pauses, Cognitive Rhythms and Discourse Structure: An Empirical Study of Discourse Production (by Schilperoord, Joost); 18. Subject Index; 19. List of Contributors