Time, being and becoming: cognitive models of innovation and creation in english
Auteur :
Litwin, Maciej
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631658680
Date de publication :
30 juin 2015
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
280 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
Cognitive linguistics offers tools to discuss philosophical problems of being and becoming (identity) as necessary or contingent. Major positions on these questions can be explained based on human counterfactual thought. Conceptualisations of «innovation» and «creation» in English (as instantiations of being and becoming) build on construal of time as actually experienced or figurative.