From Perception to Meaning: Image Schemas in Cognitive Linguistics (Cognitive Linguistics Research, 29) (Cognitive Linguistic Research)

The 1987 landmark publications by G. Lakoff and M. Johnson made image schema one of the cornerstone concepts of the emerging experientialist paradigm of Cognitive Linguistics, a framework founded upon the rejection of the mind-body dichotomy and stressing. Content: The philosophical significance of image schemas / Mark Johnson -- Image schemas and perception: refining a definition / Joseph E. Grady -- Image schemas : from linguistic analysis to neural grounding / Ellen Dodge and George Lakoff -- Image schema paradoxes : implications for cognitive semantics / Timothy C. Clausner -- The psychological status of image schemas / Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr -- Image schemas and the transition to verbal thought / Jean M. Mandler -- Image schemata in the brain / Tim Rohrer -- The fundamental system of spatial schemas in language / Leonard Talmy -- Multimodal spatial representation : on the semantic unity of over / Paul Deane -- Culture regained : situated and compound image schemas / Michael Kimmel -- Whats in a schema? bodily mimesis and the grounding of language / Jordan Zlatev -- Image schemas vs. complex primitives in cross-cultural spatial cognition / Margarita Correa-Beningfield ... [et al.] -- Dynamic patterns of containment / Robert Dewell -- Image schemas and verbal synaesthesia / Yanna Popova -- Image schemas and gesture / Alan Cienki -- Force-dynamic dimensions of rhetorical effect / Todd Oakley. Abstract: Presents a survey of image-schema theory, and offers a collection of essays on major issues in research on image-schemas. This book is useful to linguists of a cognitive orientation, philosophers, psychologists, and anthropologists interested in language, and to those studying the embodied mind. Read more...

The 1987 landmark publications by G. Lakoff and M. Johnson made image schema one of the cornerstone concepts of the emerging experientialist paradigm of Cognitive Linguistics, a framework founded upon the rejection of the mind-body dichotomy and stressing the fundamentally embodied nature of meaning, imagination and reason - hence language. Conceived of as the pre-linguistic, dynamic and highly schematic gestalts arising directly from motor movement, object manipulation, and perceptual interaction, image schemas served to anchor abstract reasoning and imagination to sensori-motor patterns in the conceptual theory of metaphor.

Being itself informed by preceding crosslinguistic work on semantic primitives in the linguistic representations of spatial relations (carried out by L. Talmy, R. Langacker, and others), the notion has inspired a large amount of subsequent research and debate on diverse issues ranging from the meaning, structure and acquisition of natural languages to the embodied mind itself.

From Perception to Meaning is the first survey of current image-schema theory and offers a collection of original and innovative essays by leading scholars, many of whom have shaped the theory from the very beginning. The edition unites essays on major issues in recent research on image-schemas - from aspects of their definition and linguistic formalization, their psychological status and neural grounding to their role as semantic universals and primitives in language acquisition. The book will thus not only be welcomed by linguists of a cognitive orientation, but will prove relevant to philosophers, psychologists, and anthropologists interested in language, and indeed to anyone studying the embodied mind.

The Philosophical Significance Of Image Schemas / Mark Johnson -- Image Schemas And Perception: Refining A Definition / Joseph E. Grady -- Image Schemas : From Linguistic Analysis To Neural Grounding / Ellen Dodge And George Lakoff -- Image Schema Paradoxes : Implications For Cognitive Semantics / Timothy C. Clausner -- The Psychological Status Of Image Schemas / Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr -- How To Build A Baby, Iii: Image Schemas And The Transition To Verbal Thought / Jean M. Mandler -- Image Schemata In The Brain / Tim Rohrer -- The Fundamental System Of Spatial Schemas In Language / Leonard Talmy -- Multimodal Spatial Representation : On The Semantic Unity Of Over / Paul Deane -- Culture Regained : Situated And Compound Image Schemas / Michael Kimmel -- Whats In A Schema? Bodily Mimesis And The Grounding Of Language / Jordan Zlatev -- Image Schemas Vs. Complex Primitives In Cross-cultural Spatial Cognition / Margarita Correa-beningfield ... [et Al.] -- Dynamic Patterns Of Containment / Robert Dewell -- Image Schemas And Verbal Synaesthesia / Yanna Popova -- Image Schemas And Gesture / Alan Cienki -- Force-dynamic Dimensions Of Rhetorical Effect / Todd Oakley. Edited By Beate Hampe In Cooperation With Joseph E. Grady. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Landmark publications by G. Lakoff and M. Johnson in 1987 established image schemas among the cornerstone concepts of the emerging paradigm of Cognitive Linguistics. The pre-linguistic, dynamic and highly schematic gestalt patterns arising from motor movement, object manipulation, and perceptual interaction were posited as the cognitive anchors linking abstract reasoning and imagination to bodily experience. Ever since its introduction, the notion has inspired much research and debate on diverse issues from the meaning, structure and acquisition of natural languages to the embodied mind itself. From Perception to Meaning unites original papers by leading scholars outlining the current state-of-the-art in image-schema theory. Biographical note: Beate Hampe is Assistant Professor at the English Department of the Friedrich Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany. Joseph E. Grady has left university and works for a company called Cultural Logic which specializes in applied cognitive linguistics/anthropology in Washington, DC, USA Advancing a non-objectivist, "experiential" approach to language and thought in their pathbreaking 1987 publications, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson jointly introduced the notion of "image schema" as one of experientialism's major foundational pillars, tho