Making sense of a blend a cognitive-semiotic approach to metaphor

Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 216-249

  Brandt, Line ^a   Brandt, Per Aage ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blending; Cognitive semiotics; Conceptual integration; Enunciation; Mental space; Metaphor; Reference; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249179069     PISSN: 15720268     EISSN: 15720276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/arcl.3.12bra     Document Type: Article

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