ListofActivities ListofFiguresmidTables 1 Introduction The linguistics applied approach: generativelinguistics and second language learning The applied linguistics of second languagelearning Language as a social semiotic The enlergence of cognitive linguistics Ending the LA-AL divide Fhe purpose of the book Part I Embodied Experience 2 The Problem of Linguistic Meaning Introduction The problem of meaning Language learning as category learning Conclusions 3 Conceptualisation, Embodiment and the Origins of Meaning Introduction Proprioception: how the body remains aware ofits own position in space Not seeing but conceptualising Cognitive development and infant movement Aplasic ptlantoms Mirror neurons The nature of language: image schemas and embodiedcognition Education and embodiment Language teaching and embodbnent: language as rhythm andmovement …… Part II Conceptualisation Part III Meaning and Usage Part IV Conclusions Bibliography Index