Creative construction grammar /
Hoffmann, Thomas, 1976-
Creative construction grammar / Thomas Hoffmann, Mark Turner. - 1 online resource (79 pages) : 1 illustration (colour), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in cognitive linguistics, 2633-3325 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in cognitive linguistics, Cambridge elements. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Open access.
Constructions are long-term pairings in memory of form and meaning. How are they created and learned, how do they change, and how do they combine into new utterances (constructs, communicative performances) in working memory? Drawing on evidence from word-formation (blending, Noun-Noun-compounds) over idioms and argument structure constructions to multimodal communication, we argue that computational metaphors such as 'unification' or 'constraint-satisfaction' do not constitute a cognitively adequate explanation. Instead, we put forward the idea that construction combination is performed by Conceptual Blending - a domain-general process of higher cognition that has been used to explain complex human behaviour such as, inter alia, scientific discovery, reasoning, art, music, dance, math, social cognition, and religion.
Specialized.
9781009635240 (ebook)
10.1017/9781009635240 doi
Construction grammar.
P163.5 / .H6 2025
415.01836
Creative construction grammar / Thomas Hoffmann, Mark Turner. - 1 online resource (79 pages) : 1 illustration (colour), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in cognitive linguistics, 2633-3325 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in cognitive linguistics, Cambridge elements. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Open access.
Constructions are long-term pairings in memory of form and meaning. How are they created and learned, how do they change, and how do they combine into new utterances (constructs, communicative performances) in working memory? Drawing on evidence from word-formation (blending, Noun-Noun-compounds) over idioms and argument structure constructions to multimodal communication, we argue that computational metaphors such as 'unification' or 'constraint-satisfaction' do not constitute a cognitively adequate explanation. Instead, we put forward the idea that construction combination is performed by Conceptual Blending - a domain-general process of higher cognition that has been used to explain complex human behaviour such as, inter alia, scientific discovery, reasoning, art, music, dance, math, social cognition, and religion.
Specialized.
9781009635240 (ebook)
10.1017/9781009635240 doi
Construction grammar.
P163.5 / .H6 2025
415.01836