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.

• ISBN: 0521027837
• ISBN-13: 9780521027830
• Author : Seana Coulson
• Language : English
• Format:  Paperback - Search for other formats
• Publication Date: 2/11/2006
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
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