http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/01/25/taiwan-books-writers-videos/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:52:24 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/01/25/taiwan-books-writers-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-1548651 San Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:26:46 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=55876#comment-1548651 Somehow Li Yong-Ping's remarks remind me of the so-called 'conceptual blending', a theory developed by Gilles Fauconnier, stating that it is possible to blend two different concepts and produce a different one having properties of both its original sources and its own. Event though the first river in Taiwan and the second river in Borneo are similar in terms of conceptualization of 'river', in reality each river has different geographical, chemical, and physical properties. By blending the two rivers in the mental space, the author (Li Yong-ping) attempted to generate a new river having properties different from the original rivers, yet it also inherits some of their properties. Somehow Li Yong-Ping’s remarks remind me of the so-called ‘conceptual blending’, a theory developed by Gilles Fauconnier, stating that it is possible to blend two different concepts and produce a different one having properties of both its original sources and its own. Event though the first river in Taiwan and the second river in Borneo are similar in terms of conceptualization of ‘river’, in reality each river has different geographical, chemical, and physical properties. By blending the two rivers in the mental space, the author (Li Yong-ping) attempted to generate a new river having properties different from the original rivers, yet it also inherits some of their properties.

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