개념적 혼성과 의미구성 양상

Abstract

This paper aims to show how the conceptual blending theory deals with meaning construction in language. The conceptual blending theory, developed by Fauconnier & Turner(1994, 1998) and Fauconnier(1997), posits the four-space network consisting of two input spaces, the generic space, and the blended space. Conceptual integration network consists of four mental spaces which are local constructions in our short-term memory. Meaning is constructed by the operation of conceptual blending. I suggest that conceptual blending is the sum of three cognitive processes. Those are the establishment of input spaces, the partial cross-space mapping, and the selective projection. Then three aspects of meaning construction occur as a result of the different operations of each sub- cognitive process. The first aspect of meaning construction is resulted from different establishments of input spaces, the second aspect of meaning construction from the different operations of the cross-space mapping, and the third aspect of meaning construction from the different operations of the selective projection.