Teoria integracji pojęciowej – dar niebios czy przekleństwo? Próba ewaluacji z perspektywy językoznawstwa kognitywnego

Joanna Jabłońska-Hood

Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6927-4021


Abstract

This paper is an attempt to critically evaluate and assess conceptual integration theory,
aka blending. Conceptual integration has been a popular paradigm with many linguists
and scholars of different academic orientation for many years since its creation by Fauconnier
and Turner (2002). It has been used to validate research in literature, language
and law, to mention just a few. However, together with its proponents there are numerous
voices of critique that accuse blending of being underspecified and overarching, among
others. I would like to present the critical voices pertaining to conceptual integration
and provide counter argumentation, where possible. Further, I would like to suggest
certain ways of improvement for the theory, as well as put forward its possible direction
of progress from the cognitive linguistic perspective.


Keywords:

conceptual integration theory, mental spaces, cognitive linguistics, blending


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Published
2019-11-06

Cited by

Jabłońska-Hood, J. (2019). Teoria integracji pojęciowej – dar niebios czy przekleństwo? Próba ewaluacji z perspektywy językoznawstwa kognitywnego. Prace Językoznawcze, 21(4), 31–58. https://doi.org/10.31648/pj.4689

Joanna Jabłońska-Hood 
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6927-4021