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As already mentioned, explanations stemming from the research fields of cognitive linguistics or cognitive grammar are so far not to be found in mainstream textbooks or classroom practice, at least in Germany, although TYLER (2008: 457) goes so far as to say that “cognitive linguistics offers the most accurate, systematic, and complete model of language currently available”. Still, grammar teaching according to cognitive grammatical insights is not yet practiced in foreign language classrooms. Nevertheless, some first experiments and empirical studies have been conducted, most of which have shown that a cognitive perspective on grammar explanations seems to be helpful for learners. This sub-chapter first of all explains why the cognitive-grammatical paradigm is a good choice for being applied in foreign language pedagogy, and, secondly, it presents a (non-exhaustive) summary of existing research in this area.