文档介绍：Mappings in Thought
and Language
GILLES FAUCONNIER
Unilw-siry of Californiu , Sun Diego
CAMBRIDGE
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Fauconniw, Gills.
Mappings in thought and language / Gilles Fauconnier.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 0-52 1-46062-X(hardcover) - ISBN 0-52 1-59953-9 (pbk)
I. Meaning (PsychoIogy). 2. Schemas (Psychology). 3. Cognitive
maps (Psychology). 4. Psycholinguistics. 1. Title.
1997
~20 96-23820
CIP
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the British Library.
ISBN 0 521 46062 X hardback
ISBN 0 521 59953 9 paperback
for Tina
The aspects of things that are most
important for us are hidden because
of their simplicity and familiarity.
Contents
Acknowledgments page xi
1 Mappings
1. The Importance and Relevance of Meaning Construction
2. Goals and Techniques
. Structures and Data
Examples
2 -. Counterfactuals
-2. Analogy, Metaphor, and Conceptual Sysfems
. "Catching up" and "getting ahead" : Common
Expressions That Depend plex Mappings
2 Mental-Space Connections
I. The Cognitive Construction perspective
2. Space Building
. Discourse Configurations