The findings of cognitive linguistics demonstrate the thoroughly embodied grounding of
linguistic constructions and linguistic meaning ranging from abstract thought to interactive …

This study examines the nature of the discourse of advertising. The focus is on consumer
advertising, which is directed towards the promotion of some product or service to the …

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 …

Why are notions like semantics and ontologies suddenly getting so much attention, within
and outside geospatial information communities? The main reason lies in the …

The paper explores the phenomenon of metaphors that occur in close textual adjacency, ie
as metaphor clusters, but do not share a similar cognitive basis. Clusters frequently mix …

Since the late 1950s, a number of once distinct areas in psychology and philosophy have
gradually gathered under what might be called a cognitive umbrella or canopy. After …

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 …

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 …

Formal knowledge representation struggles to represent the dynamic changes within
complex events in a cognitively plausible way. Image schemas, on the other hand, are …

Image schemas are recognised as a fundamental ingredient in human cognition and
creative thought. They have been studied extensively in areas such as cognitive linguistics …