Mappings in thought and language
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Author
Publication
1997 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K, England
Language
English
Word Count
51,250 words, Guess
Page Count
205 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL985775M
- ISBN-10052146062X
- OCLC Control Number35627501
- OCLC Control Numbermappingsthoughtl00fauc
- Library of Congress Control Number96023820
and 2 more
- LibraryThing285532
- Goodreads817531
Classifications
- DDC153.4
- LCCBF463.M4 F38 1997
Description
Meaning in everyday thought and language is constructed at lightning speed. We are not conscious of the staggering complexity of the cognitive operations that drive our simplest behavior. This book examines a central component of meaning construction; the mappings that link mental spaces. A deep result of the research is the fact that the same principles operate at the highest levels of scientific, artistic, and literary thought as do the lower levels of elementary understanding and sentence meaning. Some key cognitive operations are analogical mappings, conceptual integration and blending, discourse management, induction, and recursion. The analyses are based on a rich array of attested data in ordinary language, humor, action and design, science, and narratives. Phenomena that receive attention include counterfactuals; time, tense, and mood; opacity; metaphor; fictive motion; grammatical constructions; and quantification over cognitive domains.
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