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Corpus Approaches to Language, Thought and Communication

From the collection of papers, one theme is obvious: approaching language use in different contexts from different perspectives, each of the contributions in this issue presents its own unique take on the intertwined relationship between language, thought and communication, but however different these papers are, each of them makes a valid point in how a corpus method helps shed new light on an old issue, reflecting the usage-based nature of cognitive linguistic research.