In the chapter, I describe the main features of what can be taken to be “standard” conceptual
metaphor theory (as proposed by Lakoff and Johnson 1980, 1999), alongside what can be …

What is the appropriate conceptual structure involved in conceptual metaphors? Various
authors offer a large number of terms to discuss the issue. While domain is the most …

Cultural schemas are a central cognitive mechanism through which culture affects action. In
this article, we develop a theoretical model of cultural schemas that is better able to support …

In this theoretical paper we propose three different kinds of cognitive structure that have not
been differentiated in the psychological and cognitive linguistic literatures. They are spatial …

To explain how abstract concepts are grounded in sensory‐motor experiences, several
theories have been proposed. I will discuss two of these proposals, Conceptual Metaphor …

In the last decade many researchers have obtained evidence for the idea that cognition
shares processing mechanisms with perception and action. Most of the evidence supporting …

When puzzled by the nature of a physical object, human beings will turn it over and look at it
from a new angle to get an idea of what it is and how it can be used. Also, if we are not quite …

essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

We present a computational framework for conceptual blending, a concept invention method
that is advocated in cognitive science as a fundamental and uniquely human engine for …

Musical Sense-Making: Enaction, Experience, and Computation broadens the scope of
musical sense-making from a disembodied cognitivist approach to an experiential approach …