Table of contents
Introduction: Mental Spaces and Discourse Analysis
Connecting the dots: Mental spaces and metaphoric language in discourse
The text and the story: Levels of blending in fictional narratives
Fictive interaction blends in everyday life and courtroom settings
A Semiotic Approach to Fictive Interaction as a Representational Strategy in Communicative Meaning Construction
Designing Clinical Experiences with Words: Three Layers of Analysis in Clinical Case Studies
Compression in Interaction
Guided Conceptualization: Mental Spaces in Instructional Discourse
Looking at analyses of mental spaces and blending / Looking at and experiencing discourse in interaction
"Mental Spaces" and "Blending" in Discourse and Interaction: A Response
Reflections on blends and discourse
Author index
Subject index
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