Sensory Schema: From Sensory Contrasts to Antonyms

What is it about?

I argue that sensations are not only inherently meaningful but also give rise to a single ‘sensory schema’ that precedes, as indicated below, the emergence of ‘image schemas’. The sensory schema hypothesis should not be seen as a replacement for image schemas, as it is intended to unify all forms of expression by complementing our understanding of image schemas, conceptual metaphors, cognitive grammar and, more generally, embodied cognition.

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