Conceptual Integration in Altered Carbon Occasionalisms
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https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2023.15.3Keywords:
cognitive linguistics, conceptual integration, science fiction, Altered Carbon, occasionalismsAbstract
Since language has to adapt and follow technological advancement, terminology is much different than twenty years ago when Altered Carbon, a science fiction novel, was written. This paper explores its occasionalisms through the lens of cognitive linguistics, specifically Fauconnier and Turner’s theory of conceptual integration, with the aim of determining the entries’ integration network type (simplex, mirror, single-scope, double-scope). Within each, special attention was paid to the recurring blend between the human and the technological. It was assumed and later proven that double-scope is the most frequent network, and that the conceptual meaning of human + machine occurs in every network type, confirming that science fiction requires cognitive blending in order to understand the integration between these frequently reoccurring mental spaces.
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