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A Mechanism of Creativity


Mark B. Turner


Case Western Reserve University - Department of Cognitive Science

Gilles Fauconnier


University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Cognitive Science
September 8, 1999

Poetics Today, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 397-418, Fall 1999

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An analysis of the way in which conceptual integration, "blending," underlies human creativity, with examples from mathematics, language, literature, science, journalism, etc.

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Keywords: conceptual integration, blending, construction grammar, creativity

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Turner, Mark B. and Fauconnier, Gilles, A Mechanism of Creativity (September 8, 1999). Poetics Today, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 397-418, Fall 1999. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1416435

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Mark B. Turner (Contact Author)
Case Western Reserve University - Department of Cognitive Science ( email )
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7068
United States
HOME PAGE: http://markturner.org
Gilles Fauconnier
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Cognitive Science ( email )
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0515
United States
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