Blending Basics¶
Coulson, S., & Oakley, T. (2000). Blending Basics. Cognitive Linguistics, 3-4.
Cited by¶
1 citation across 1 artifact.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Primes¶
- Conceptual Blending
- Input 1 = the input mental spaces (bicycle: pedal, rider, human-powered, road-legal as bicycle); input 2 = electric motor (throttle-controlled, battery-powered, speed capability); input 3 = scooter (stand-up posture, small wheels, urban commute use). The generic-space abstraction = personal-scale road vehicle for on-demand mobility. The cross-space mapping aligns standing from scooter with portability from bicycle, aligns throttle from motor with ease-of-use from both. Selective projection yields the "e-scooter": standing posture from scooter, motor and battery from electric, wheels sized as a composite; pedal-assist from bicycle omitted in most variants; human-powered efficiency not projected. The blended space is neither bicycle nor motorcycle but a new regulatory category. The emergent structure includes novel failure modes (battery depletion mid-commute, range anxiety), new business models (rentals, last-mile logistics), and novel security constraints (theft, lock design) not present in any single input.
This sourceSUPPORTS marker 193 (its own bibliography self-citation). PARTIALLY SUPPORTS marker 183 — the marker sits on the e-scooter's 'novel failure modes, new business models, novel security constraints'; Coulson & Oakley support the general 'blends produce emergent inferences' principle but do not treat that example. DOI See flag on 183.
- Input 1 = the input mental spaces (bicycle: pedal, rider, human-powered, road-legal as bicycle); input 2 = electric motor (throttle-controlled, battery-powered, speed capability); input 3 = scooter (stand-up posture, small wheels, urban commute use). The generic-space abstraction = personal-scale road vehicle for on-demand mobility. The cross-space mapping aligns standing from scooter with portability from bicycle, aligns throttle from motor with ease-of-use from both. Selective projection yields the "e-scooter": standing posture from scooter, motor and battery from electric, wheels sized as a composite; pedal-assist from bicycle omitted in most variants; human-powered efficiency not projected. The blended space is neither bicycle nor motorcycle but a new regulatory category. The emergent structure includes novel failure modes (battery depletion mid-commute, range anxiety), new business models (rentals, last-mile logistics), and novel security constraints (theft, lock design) not present in any single input.
Verification¶
Does it exist? Confirmed. This work's DOI resolves to a registered record, which fixes its identity. That is all it fixes.
Does it back the claim? Not recorded. The single citation of this work carries no recorded support check.
Support is checked per citation rather than per work — the same source can be cited soundly in one article and wrongly in another. Per-citation recording began recently, so a citation with no recorded check is a gap in the record rather than evidence it went unchecked.
See how references were verified.
Registry ID ref:c0e0453eef2a · see in the full table