An idealized cognitive model, or ICM, is the name given in
cognitive linguistics to describe the phenomenon in which knowledge represented in a
semantic frame is often a conceptualization of experience that is not congruent with reality.
It has been proposed by scholars such as
George Lakoff
George Philip Lakoff (; born May 24, 1941) is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena.
The con ...
and
Gilles Fauconnier
Gilles Fauconnier () (19 August 1944 – 3 February 2021) was a French linguist, researcher in cognitive science, and author, who worked in the U.S. He was distinguished professor at the University of California, San Diego
The University ...
.
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George Lakoff
George Philip Lakoff (; born May 24, 1941) is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena.
The con ...
(1987) ''Cognitive models and prototype theory'', published at pp. 63–100 in
Ulric Neisser (Ed.) ''Concepts and Conceptual Development: Ecological and Intellectual Factors in Categorization'' New York, Cambridge University Press.
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Croft, William and Cruse, D. Alan (2004) ''Cognitive Linguistics'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 28– 32
References
Cognitive linguistics
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