Semantic Leaps: Frame-Shifting and Conceptual Blending in Meaning ConstructionCambridge University Press, 2001 M01 29 - 304 pages Semantic Leaps explores how people combine knowledge from different domains in order to understand and express new ideas. Concentrating on dynamic aspects of on-line meaning construction, Coulson identifies two related sets of processes: frame-shifting and conceptual blending. By addressing linguistic phenomena often ignored in traditional meaning research, Coulson explains how processes of cross-domain mapping, frame-shifting, and conceptual blending enhance the explanatory adequacy of traditional frame-based systems for natural language processing. The focus is on how the constructive processes speakers use to assemble, link, and adapt simple cognitive models underlie a broad range of productive language behavior. |
Contents
PART ONE FRAMESHIFTING | 31 |
Models of Sentential Integration | 71 |
FrameShifting and the Brain | 92 |
PART TWO CONCEPTUAL BLENDING | 115 |
Conceptual Blending in Modified Noun Phrases | 125 |
Conceptual Blending in Metaphor and Analogy | 162 |
Counterfactual Conditionals | 203 |
BLENDING FRAMING | 223 |
The Space Structuring Model | 267 |
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Semantic Leaps: Frame-Shifting and Conceptual Blending in Meaning Construction Seana Coulson No preview available - 2001 |
Semantic Leaps: Frame-Shifting and Conceptual Blending in Meaning Construction Seana Coulson No preview available - 2006 |
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References to this book
An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics Friedrich Ungerer,Hans-Jörg Schmid No preview available - 2006 |