Forging connections

  • Authors:
  • Mark Turner

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of English Language and Literature, Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park

  • Venue:
  • Computation for metaphors, analogy, and agents
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

Conceptual connections that look inevitable in retrospect often come from industrious and dynamic creative work below the horizon of observation. I introduce the theory of conceptual integration and discuss constraints that shape and guide the construction of meaningful connections.