01731nam a2200133 4500008004100000245007700041210006900118260002600187300000800213520127000221100002301491700001701514856006601531 2008 eng d00aThe Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities0 aWay We Think Conceptual Blending and the Minds Hidden Complexiti aNew YorkbBasic Books a4663 a

In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition --the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of the mind. The Way We Think is a landmark synthesis that exemplifies this new direction. The theory of conceptual blending is already widely known in laboratories throughout the world; this book is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner argue that all learning and all thinking consist of blends of metaphors based on simple bodily experiences. These blends are then themselves blended together into an increasingly rich structure that makes up our mental functioning in modern society. A child's entire development consists of learning and navigating these blends. The Way We Think shows how this blending operates; how it is affected by (and gives rise to) language, identity, and concept of category; and the rules by which we use blends to understand ideas that are new to us. The result is a bold, exciting, and accessible new view of how the mind works.

1 aFauconnier, Gilles1 aTurner, Mark uhttps://naum.slav.uni-sofia.bg/en/librislavici/fauconnier200801015nam a2200109 4500008004100000245007100041210006900112260004200181520059300223100002300816856006600839 1994 eng d00aMental Spaces: Aspects of Meaning Construction in Natural Language0 aMental Spaces Aspects of Meaning Construction in Natural Languag aCambridgebCambridge University Press3 a

First published in 1985 (MIT Press), Fauconnier's influential book, Mental Spaces, was instrumental in shaping the new field of cognitive linguistics. The concept of mental spaces--that we develop constructs during discourse that are distinct from linguistic constructs but are established by linguistic expressions--provides a powerful new approach to problems in philosophy and cognitive science concerning thought and language. It includes a new preface that provides context for the theory, and a new foreword by George Lakoff and Eve Sweetser (both of U.C. Berkeley).

1 aFauconnier, Gilles uhttps://naum.slav.uni-sofia.bg/en/librislavici/fauconnier1994