Blending and the Study of Narrative: Approaches and Applications

by Ralf Schneider

The theory of Blending, or Conceptual Integration, proposed by Gilles Fauconnier and Marc Turner, is one of most promising cognitive theories of meaning production. It has been successfully applied to the analysis of poetic discourse and micro-textual elements, such as metaphor. Prose narrative has so far received significantly less attention. The present volume aims to remedy this situation. Following an introductory discussion of the connections...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110291126
• ISBN13: 9783110291124
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary