“國際認知語言學經典論叢”由國際認知語言學研究領域的理論先驅和專家編撰而成。叢書每一冊都聚焦認知語言學研究領域的一個主題，收錄一位專家具代表性的文章，集結成冊。每冊均反映了作者的思索過程和研究軌跡，呈現其學術生涯中的精彩片段。讀者從中可探究認知語言學基本思想和重要觀點的源與流，很好地了解這一學科的發展歷程。
《國際認知語言學經典論叢：認知語義學經典論文（英文版）》精選了作者在多年研究生涯中發表的探討認知語義學的5篇經典論文，勾勒出這一研究領域的概貌。作者專門為《國際認知語言學經典論叢：認知語義學經典論文（英文版）》撰寫了序言，可進一步幫助讀者從整體上把握認知語義學的發展脈絡。
《國際認知語言學經典論叢：認知語義學經典論文（英文版）》的出版，將極大地方便國內教師、學生和研究者直接接觸認知語言學領域的原版經典論文。

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Preface
Chapter I The Relation of Grammar to Cognition
Chapter 2 Fictive Motion in Language and "Ception"
Chapter 3 The Windowing of Attention in Language
Chapter 4 Figure and Ground in Language
Chapter 5 Force Dynamics in Language and Cognition
References

Most of the basic ideas and fundamental principles of Cognitive Linguistics appeared in the late 1970s and early 1980s in papers by Fillmore， Langacker， Lakoff， Talmy， etc. But graduate students of linguistics in China often complain that access to these "classic papers" was very difficult if not impossible， due to the fact many of them were scattered in different journals or book chapters， and some published in some obscure journals. To provide students of Cognitive Linguistics and other interested readers with a more accessible anthology of materials that not only documented the path of development of early Cognitive Linguistics， but also presented important principles and arguments of cognitive perspectives on language， I thought of editing a series of collections of classic papers by the founders and forerunners of Cognitive Linguistics. The first person I contacted was Ronald Langacker， whose participation and support， I believe， was crucial for the success of the project， as he is widely recognized as one of the most important founders of the Cognitive Linguistics movement. Ron， though occupied with many other commitments， fully supported the idea and promised to contribute to the series. And I went on to contact all the others whose work I thought made important contributions to the emergence， development， propagation and diversification of Cognitive Linguistics， including Miriam R.L. Petruck， one of Charles Fillmore's students， without whose help， the volume by Fillmore would be practically impossible. I must add that Ron was the first who completed the collection and offered to write an introduction to each of the papers collected in his volume to provide the readers with some background information about the papers and explanations about some of the modifications that might have been made later on. This has become an attractive model that other contributors more or less followed in their own volumes.
My special thanks go to Dirk Geeraerts， whom I consulted on how the series should be organized， and who supported the project by contributing a volume of his own. I should also give my thanks to Sun Jing， Director of the Academic Department of Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press， who professionally and meticulously managed the whole project and patiently corresponded with all the authors and coordinated everything throughout the process.