A Cognitive Semantics Approach to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution

viii A Cognitive Semantics Approach to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution 4.2. A blending analysis of “struggle for life”............................................. 132 4.3. Force-dynamic patterns in Darwin’s theory......................................... 140 4.4. The STRUGGLE metaphor in Darwin’s theory: functions and consequences............................................................................... 144 4.5. Concluding remarks............................................................................ 148 5. The Agent of Evolution: The Personification of Natural Selection 5.0. Introduction....................................................................................... 149 5.1. The analogy between artificial and natural selection............................ 150 5.2. Personification of natural selection and its reception............................ 158 5.3. Sources of personification of natural selection in The Origin ............... 163 5.4. Natural selection and force-dynamic patterns. .................................... 181 5.5. Personification of natural selection: functions and consequences ......... 182 5.6. Concluding remarks............................................................................ 183 6. Metaphors Evolutionists Research by 6.0. Introduction....................................................................................... 187 6.1. Darwin’s metaphors in contemporary texts on evolution..................... 188 6.2. Ostentatious marking of metaphors ................................................... 201 6.3. Graphic realizations of metaphors of evolution.................................... 204 6.4. Metaphors of evolution: Consequences for reasoning........................... 206 6.5. Concluding remarks............................................................................ 221 7. Personification 7.0. Introduction....................................................................................... 222 7.1. Definitions of personification. ............................................................. 222 7.2. Cognitive fluidity................................................................................ 226 7.3. Personification and behavioral domains............................................... 229 7.4. Personification and agentification in reasoning ................................... 242 7.5. Concluding remarks............................................................................ 246 8. Observations and Conclusions .............................................................. 247 References...................................................................................................... 256 Index . ........................................................................................................... 271 Name Index................................................................................................... 277

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