Abstract This introduction provides an overview of the intersection between Applied Cognitive Linguistics and Second/Foreign Language Learning. First, the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics (CL) for Applied Linguistics in general is discussed. The second section explains the main principles of CL and how each relates to the acquisition of second languages: (i) language and human cognition, (ii) language as symbolic, (iii) language as motivated; and (iv) language as usage-based. Section three offers a review of previous literature on CL and L2s that are different from English, as it is one the main aims of this Special Issue to provide state-of-the-art research and scholarship to enhance the bigger picture of the field of Second Language Acquisition beyond English as the target language. Spanish as L2/FL in Applied Cognitive Linguistics is the focus of the next section, which leads to a brief overview of the papers included in the Issue, featuring Spanish as the L2 with L1s such as English, French, German and Italian. Polysemy, Motion Events Typology, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar are the Cognitive Linguistics areas addressed in the contributions here presented.

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应用认知语言学与外语学习。特刊介绍

摘要 本介绍概述了应用认知语言学和第二/外语学习之间的交叉点。首先，总体上讨论了认知语言学 (CL) 与应用语言学的相关性。第二部分解释了 CL 的主要原则以及每个原则与第二语言习得的关系：（i）语言和人类认知，（ii）作为象征的语言，（iii）作为动机的语言；(iv) 基于用法的语言。第三节回顾了以往不同于英语的关于 CL 和 L2 的文献，因为本期特刊的主要目标之一是提供最先进的研究和奖学金，以增强该领域的更大视野。以英语为目标语言的第二语言习得。应用认知语言学中的西班牙语作为 L2/FL 是下一部分的重点，这将导致对本期中包含的论文的简要概述，将西班牙语作为 L2，包括英语、法语、德语和意大利语等 L1。多义性、运动事件类型学、认知语法和结构语法是这里介绍的贡献中涉及的认知语言学领域。