Semantic Leaps: Frame-Shifting and Conceptual Blending in Meaning Construction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521027830)

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.

Author: Seana Coulson
ISBN-10: 0521027837
ISBN-13: 9780521027830
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d