The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics Part 121. In the past decade, Cognitive Linguistics has developed into one of the most dynamic and attractive frameworks within theoretical and descriptive linguistics The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics is a major new reference that presents a comprehensive overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive/theoretical models of Cognitive Linguistics, and covers its various subfields, theoretical as well as applied. | 1170 DIRK GEERAERTS lexicographical project. Fillmorean frame theory see Cienki this volume chapter 7 has proved a highly stimulating framework for the description of lexical meaning both theoretically and lexicographically. The FrameNet project that is currently being carried out in Berkeley is a large-scale attempt to build a digital lexicon according to the principles of frame theory. The theoretical background of the approach as derived from frame theory as described in chapter 7 of this Handbook was developed in publications such as Fillmore and Atkins 1992 2000 . Detailed information about the principles purposes and procedures within the FrameNet project are provided in a thematic issue of the International Journal of Lexicography Fontenelle 2003 . A full description of the project together with the current release of the actual database may also be found at the site of the Berkeley FrameNet project http framenet . Basically the information provided in the FrameNet database consists of three types of information. First there is a description of the frames. This description in itself consists of different kinds of information. As an example let us have a look at the Grant-permission frame. The examples quoted here were derived from the FrameNet Web site in November 2003. It should be borne in mind that the FrameNet project is far from being completed no definitive value should be attributed to the examples. The description begins with a global definition of the frame In this frame a Grantor either a person or an institution grants permission for a Grantee to perform an Action or for an Action to occur. This frame does not include situations where there is a state of permission granted by authority or rule of law. The permission for the Action may be limited to certain Conditions. The core FEs frame elements are then described separately Action The Action is the activity of the Grantee that the Grantor permits. Grantor The Grantor is the
