Critical Review of Conceptual Blending Theory inExplanation of Meaning Construction Process in Mind

Findings of cognitive sciences, in general, and cognitive linguistics, in particular, show that human’s astonishing mental capacity in making counterfactual scenes is partly, because of his cognitive ability in conceptual blending. This cognitive ability allows human to create and understand novel meanings which recently has been counted as an important mechanism of creative minds. This paper is trying to introduce and criticize conceptual blending theory and its explaining role in meaning construction process. Therefore, firstly it introduces conceptual blending theory, its concepts and four-spaces model and then considers the criticisms that have been raised about this theory.