… that by using conceptual spaces, we can develop a unified theory of word meanings.3 A …
conceptual space. The domain is often illustrated by the so-called color spindle (fig. 2.1). …

… I hope, however, that the examples of applications of conceptual spaces presented in this
book inspire new investigations into the conceptual forms of representation and further …

… meaning, between communicative behaviour and linguistic representations, and, hence,
pragmatics and semantics. Conceptual Spaces … 2 summarises what ‘Conceptual spaces’ are, …

… meaning, and of the meaning they operate on. Two preliminary cognitive distinctions must be
made concerning the nature of the items (meanings… search for conceptual localization of an …

… the computer system understands people’s meanings of terms used to formulate a question
… to represent conceptual spaces—sets of quality dimensions within a geometrical structure—…

… I shall outline a theory of conceptual spaces as a particular framework for representing
information on the conceptual level. A conceptual space is built up from geometrical …

… conceptual spaces can be modelled as Euclidean spaces. … concepts as regions in a
conceptual space. Two properties of such regions are worth mentioning. First, so long as concepts …

… After giving a general presentation of conceptual spaces, I suggest how the analysis in
terms of conceptual spaces can be extended to actions and functional concepts. Firstly, I will …

… of the theory of conceptual spaces, we explain how the analysis of perceptual concepts can
be extended to actions and events. First, we argue that action space can be analyzed in the …

… within semantic space, itself a subdomain of conceptual space. Conceptual space encompasses
all of our thought and knowledge, ‘‘the multifaceted field of conceptual potential within …