This volume presents a synthesis of research in cognitive linguistics and the psychology of language. It highlights the tension between "linguists' grammars", which are influenced by considerations of economy and elegance, and "speakers' grammars", which are messy and less than fully general.

Ewa Dąbrowska is Professor of Linguistics at Northumbria University and President of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association. Her research interests include cognitive linguistics, language acquisition, the mental status of rules, and individual differences in linguistic knowledge.