Mapping the Brain’s Metaphor Circuitry:Is Abstract Thought Metaphorical Thought?

Mapping the Brain’s Metaphor Circuitry:Is Abstract Thought Metaphorical Thought?

An overview of the basics of metaphorical thought and language from the perspective of Neurocognition, the integrated interdisciplinary study of how conceptual thought and language work in the brain. The paper outlines a theory of metaphor circuitry and discusses how everyday reason makes use of em...

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Main Author: George eLakoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Embodied Cognition
neural computation
metaphor
conceptual metaphor theory
Idioms
Cognitive Linguistics
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00958/full
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spelling doaj-1b091b40e1874899a3d0c6200d53d5aa2020-11-25T03:31:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612014-12-01810.3389/fnhum.2014.0095898630Mapping the Brain’s Metaphor Circuitry:Is Abstract Thought Metaphorical Thought?George eLakoff0University of California, BerkeleyAn overview of the basics of metaphorical thought and language from the perspective of Neurocognition, the integrated interdisciplinary study of how conceptual thought and language work in the brain. The paper outlines a theory of metaphor circuitry and discusses how everyday reason makes use of embodied metaphor circuitry.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00958/fullEmbodied Cognitionneural computationmetaphorconceptual metaphor theoryIdiomsCognitive Linguistics
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Embodied Cognition
neural computation
metaphor
conceptual metaphor theory
Idioms
Cognitive Linguistics
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title Mapping the Brain’s Metaphor Circuitry:Is Abstract Thought Metaphorical Thought?
title_short Mapping the Brain’s Metaphor Circuitry:Is Abstract Thought Metaphorical Thought?
title_full Mapping the Brain’s Metaphor Circuitry:Is Abstract Thought Metaphorical Thought?
title_fullStr Mapping the Brain’s Metaphor Circuitry:Is Abstract Thought Metaphorical Thought?
title_full_unstemmed Mapping the Brain’s Metaphor Circuitry:Is Abstract Thought Metaphorical Thought?
title_sort mapping the brain’s metaphor circuitry:is abstract thought metaphorical thought?
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
issn 1662-5161
publishDate 2014-12-01
description An overview of the basics of metaphorical thought and language from the perspective of Neurocognition, the integrated interdisciplinary study of how conceptual thought and language work in the brain. The paper outlines a theory of metaphor circuitry and discusses how everyday reason makes use of embodied metaphor circuitry.
topic Embodied Cognition
neural computation
metaphor
conceptual metaphor theory
Idioms
Cognitive Linguistics
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00958/full
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