{"product_id":"spaces-worlds-and-grammar-paperback","title":"Spaces, Worlds, and Grammar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGilles Fauconnier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the highly influential mental-spaces framework developed by Gilles Fauconnier in the mid-1980s, the mind creates multiple cognitive \"spaces\" to mediate its understanding of relations and activities in the world, and to engage in creative thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These twelve original papers extend the mental-spaces framework and demonstrate its utility in solving deep problems in linguistics and discourse theory. Investigating the ties between mental constructs, they analyze a wide range of phenomena, including analogical counterfactuals; the metaphor system for conceptualizing the self; abstract change expressions in Japanese; mood in Spanish; deictic expressions; copular sentences in Japanese; conditional constructions; and reference in American Sign Language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The ground-breaking research presented in this volume will be of interest to linguists and cognitive scientists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The contributors are Claudia Brugman, Gilles Fauconnier, George Lakoff, Yo Matsumoto, Errapel Mejias-Bikandi, Laura A. Michaelis, Gisela Redeker, Jo Rubba, Shigeru Sakahara, Jose Sanders, Eve Sweetser, and Karen van Hoek. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the multiple mental spaces set up in discourse and the interconnections between theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGilles Fauconnier\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. \u003cb\u003eEve Sweetser\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.93 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724550967359,"sku":"9780226239248","price":99.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/98eb0a4b0070f76e7824d1e487fded41_fd7a895e-d64b-499b-b150-6bc89227c13d.webp?v=1765103063","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/spaces-worlds-and-grammar-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}