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Authors

Mark Bernard Turner, Case Western Reserve UniversityFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

Mark B. Turner

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1998

Abstract

This chapter reviews the origins of construction grammar, beginning with classical antiquity; analyzes the nature of figure in thought and multimodal communication; and provides an anchor for studies of figure in the basic mental operation of conceptual blending.

Keywords

Construction Grammar, Classical Rhetoric, Conceptual Integration, Blending

Publication Title

Figurative Thought and Language

First Page

44

Last Page

195

Rights

© 1998 by Oxford University Press, Inc. This material was originally published in Figurative Language and Thought by Albert N. Katz, Cristina Cacciari, Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr., and Mark Turner https://global.oup.com/academic/product/figurative-language-and-thought-9780195109627?cc=us&lang=en&#. For permission to reuse this material, please visit http://global.oup.com/academic/rights

Recommended Citation

Turner, M. (1998). Figure. In Figurative Language and Thought. By Cristina Cacciari, Ray Gibbs, Jr., Albert Katz, and Mark Turner (pp.44-195). Oxford University Press. [A volume in the series Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language.]