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Embodied metaphor in perceptual symbols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

Raymond W. Gibbs  and
Eric A. Berg
Raymond W. Gibbs
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 gibbs@cats.ucsc.edu
Eric A. Berg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 gibbs@cats.ucsc.edu
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Abstract

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We agree with Barsalou's claim about the importance of perceptual symbols in a theory of abstract concepts. Yet we maintain that the richness of many abstract concepts arises from the metaphorical mapping of recurring patterns of perceptual, embodied experience to provide essential structure to these abstract ideas.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1999 , pp. 617 - 618
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press