In this book the author's theoretical framework builds on linguistic and psychological
research, arguing that similar image-schematic notions should be grouped together into …

In cognitive science, image schemas are identified as fundamental patterns of cognition.
They are schematic prelinguistic conceptualisations of events and serve as conceptual …

Conceptual blending has been employed very successfully to understand the process of
concept invention, studied particularly within cognitive psychology and linguistics. However …

The cognitive-linguistic theory of conceptual blending was introduced by Fauconnier and
Turner in the late 90s to provide a descriptive model and foundational approach for the …

Conceptual blending allows the emergence of new conceptual spaces by blending two input
spaces. Using conceptual blending for inventing new concepts has been proven a …

We present and discuss quality assessment of visual blends based on how humans
perceive them. This work represents part of a wider study aimed at determining the …

Conceptual blending is a cognitive theory whereby elements from diverse, but structurally-
related, mental spaces are “blended” giving rise to new conceptual spaces that often …

Conceptual Blending (CB) theory describes the cognitive mechanisms underlying the way
humans process the emergence of new conceptual spaces by blending two input spaces …

The representation of everyday concepts is important for a number of applications, ranging
from the Semantic Web to NLP and general AI. We propose here a detailed case study of the …

In conceptual blending, the transfer of properties from the input spaces relies on a shared
semantic base. At the same time, interesting blends are supposed to resolve deep semantic …