TEN LECTURES ON COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING.

As we think and talk, rich arrays of mental spaces and connections between them are constructed unconsciously. Conceptual integration of mental spaces leads to new meaning, global insight, and compressions useful for memory and creativity. A powerful aspect of conceptual integration networks is the...

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Superior document:Distinguished lectures in cognitive linguistics
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Place / Publishing House:[S.l.] : : BRILL,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics 5.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 233 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Note on Supplementary Material
  • Preface / Thomas Fuyin Li and Yuan Gao
  • About the Author
  • Mental Spaces
  • Conceptual Integration
  • Causal Compressions in Language and Thought
  • Emergent Structure in Conceptual Networks
  • Metaphor and Conceptual Blending
  • Integration and Grammatical Constructions
  • Origins of Language
  • Material Culture and Meaning Construction
  • Generalized Integration Networks
  • Methods and Generalizations in Linguistics
  • Websites for Cognitive Linguistics and CIFCL Speakers
  • Back Matter
  • About the Series Editor.