WHAT IS COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS?
If programs exist in the mind and if they designate and articulate human behavior, then what are they? One of the earliest attempts to model this ability came from research on protocol statements by Schank and Abelson, 1977). They argued that knowledge structures must be built into computer programs as part of an a priori data-base. These canonical set of events were called scripts. They used the concept of eating at a restaurant as a content area that could be readily scripted . The vocabulary that can be associated with the restaurant can be designated. Restaurants have menus, waiters, bus boys, utensils, serving ware, tables, chairs, cashiers, and other related items. Furthermore, there are certain kinds of protocol statements or designated requests than can be effortlessly associated with restaurants. One asks for a menu, one orders a meal, one may ask for a dessert cart, and one asks for the check before going to the cashier to pay for the meal and exiting the culinary place of bu
