Conceptual integration

Todd Oakley
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Conceptual integration (also known as conceptual blending) is the name of a general theoretical framework of meaning construction presently being used by a range of researchers in cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, literary and rhetorical criticism, and in the cognitive sciences. Built on mental spaces theory (see Oakley 2009a for an overview) in which meaning arises as a result of creating, maintaining, and making connections between mental spaces, conceptual integration theory has evolved into a thriving research program in the language and cognitive sciences that, according to Fauconnier & Turner, identifies, describes, and explains

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