Nationality French Institutions UC San Diego | Name Gilles Fauconnier Role Author | |
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Education Paris Diderot University (1976) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada Books The Way We Think, Mental spaces, Mappings in thought and lang, Espaces mentaux, Theoretical Implications of Some |
Extinction and Metonymic Compression
Gilles Fauconnier ([ʒil fokɔˈnje]) (born 19 August 1944) is a French linguist, researcher in cognitive science, and author, currently working in the U.S. He is a professor at the University of California, San Diego, in the Department of Cognitive Science.
His work with Mark Turner founded the theory of conceptual blending.
His books include:
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