Title

The Basic Diagram: Central Features of Conceptual Integration

Description

The Basic Diagram … illustrates the central features of conceptual integration: The circles represent mental spaces, the solid lines indicate the matching and cross-space mapping between the inputs, the dotted lines indicate connections between inputs and either generic or blended spaces, and the solid square in the blended space represents emergent structure.While this static way of illustrating aspects of conceptual integration is convenient for us, such a diagram is really just a snapshot of an imaginative and complicated process that can involve deactivating previous connections, reframing previous spaces, and other actions. We think of the lines in this diagram (lines chat represent conceptual projections and mappings) as corresponding to neural coactivations and bindings. …Conceptual integration network.  Blends arise in networks of mental spaces.  In the network illustrated in the Basic Diagram, there are four mental spaces: the two inputs, the generic space, and the blend. …
Blending.  In blending, structure from two input mental spaces is projected to a new space, the blend.  Generic spaces and blended spaces are related: Blends contain generic structure captured in the generic space but also contain more specific structure, and they contain structure that is impossible for the inputs …
Composition, completion, and elaboration lead to emergent structure in the blend; the blend contains structure that is nor copied from the inputs. Note that in the Basic Diagram, the square inside the blend represents emergent structure.

Designer

Fauconnier, Gilles

Turner, Mark

Date

2002

Source

The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities

Bibliographic Citation

Fauconnier, Gilles and Mark Turner. 2002. The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities. Basic Books. Figure 3.6. Pages 45-49.

is depiction of attribute

English Square

is composed of

English Circle

English Square

English Triangle

has attribute

English Dash Line

English Solid Line

depict things of type

English Structural or Hierarchical

English Conceptual

Coverage

cognition

mind