Mental Spaces: Aspects of Meaning Construction in Natural Language
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...
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The classic introduction to the study of mental spaces and conceptual projection.
1. Pragmatic functions and images; 2. Roles and multiple connectors; 3. Presuppositions: floating, transfer, and projection strategies; 4. Counterfactuals and comparatives; 5. Transspatial operators, philosophical issues, and future perspectives; Notes; References; Index.
