Mind, language, and society: Theoretical and descriptive approaches in cognitive linguistics.

This article is a special issue of the journal Cognitive Linguistic Studies, featuring selected papers from a conference on Cognitive Linguistics. The issue focuses on the cognitive approaches to the study of language and society, with contributions from renowned and emerging scholars. The articles cover various topics, including metaphor, metonymy, similes, irony, embodiment, categorization, and prototypicality. The research presented in this issue aims to enhance our understanding of the impact of cognitive processes on language structure and social communication. [Extracted from the article]