From: George Lakoff Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 10:11 PM To: Mike Tintner Subject: Re: [Cogling-L] The scope of image schemas
Narayanan's X-schemas (or process schemas) characterize all events and actions and actually control physical actions. So you're right about that. We are now working on entity schemas, but we're not there yet. George On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: Lakoff:The idea behind image metaphors is simple. Images are structured by image schemas. A given image has multiple image schemas linked via neural binding to form a composite image schema ? or more than one. Metaphors map one image to another by mapping the source image schemas to the identical image schemas in the target George, Your exposition was v. useful. Can you/should you not extend the scope of image schemas? They structure presumably under *Images* : both *Verbal Images* & *Graphic/Photographic/Sensory Images*. and not just word images but : *Words/Language/Concepts" - period; *all words* are structured by image schemas, no? And from that one can one go on to argue - no? - that they structure *Moves/Movement* - period - that, for example, our reaching for a cup is structured by a schema. After all, language is used principally to structure actions: "Hand me that cup" - "Go to the other room". It makes sense that image schemas should structure not just verbally-mediated action, but all action, however mediated. The same mirror neurons that respond to (image-schema-structured) verbal accounts of action, also respond when just watching direct sensory images of agents executing those actions. Concepts/schemas arguably structure all the actions of living creatures. Comments? P.S. Personally, I think it's helpful to think of image schemas as "[loose] outlines" - esp. in connection with actions. Comments? ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
