What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Linguistics
- Epistemology
- Cognitive science
Raymond W. Gibbs spends much of his time researching Linguistics, Metaphor, Literal and figurative language, Cognitive science and Psycholinguistics.
His study looks at the relationship between Linguistics and topics such as Meaning, which overlap with Semantics.
His Metaphor research incorporates themes from Epistemology, Meaning, Embodied cognition and Language and thought.
His work carried out in the field of Literal and figurative language brings together such families of science as Context, Interpretation, Irony, Sarcasm and Lexico.
Raymond W. Gibbs focuses mostly in the field of Cognitive science, narrowing it down to topics relating to Cognitive psychology and, in certain cases, Cognitive development, Tacit knowledge and Action.
Within one scientific family, Raymond W. Gibbs focuses on topics pertaining to Cognitive linguistics under Psycholinguistics, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Creativity, Nonverbal communication, Word meaning, Conceptual Imagery and Schema.
His most cited work include:
- The Poetics of Mind: Figurative Thought, Language, and Understanding (1394 citations)
- Embodiment and Cognitive Science (963 citations)
- MIP: A method for identifying metaphorically used words in discourse (755 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Raymond W. Gibbs mostly deals with Linguistics, Metaphor, Literal and figurative language, Cognitive science and Psycholinguistics.
His Meaning research extends to the thematically linked field of Linguistics.
The various areas that Raymond W. Gibbs examines in his Metaphor study include Epistemology, Embodied cognition, Cognitive psychology and Cognitive linguistics.
His work is dedicated to discovering how Epistemology, Irony are connected with Social psychology and other disciplines.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Metonymy, Figure of speech, Meaning, Interpretation and Sentence in addition to Literal and figurative language.
Raymond W. Gibbs usually deals with Psycholinguistics and limits it to topics linked to Pragmatics and Utterance.
He most often published in these fields:
- Linguistics (44.90%)
- Metaphor (36.22%)
- Literal and figurative language (25.51%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2021)?
- Metaphor (36.22%)
- Linguistics (44.90%)
- Psycholinguistics (21.94%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Raymond W. Gibbs mainly investigates Metaphor, Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive science and Literal and figurative language.
His Metaphor study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Aesthetics, Literature, Cognitive linguistics and Interpretation.
His Metonymy, Semantics, Utterance and Reading study, which is part of a larger body of work in Linguistics, is frequently linked to Structure, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His studies deal with areas such as Comprehension, Epistemology, Embodied cognition, Action and Pragmatics as well as Psycholinguistics.
The concepts of his Cognitive science study are interwoven with issues in Argument, Digital humanities, Creativity and Gesture.
His Literal and figurative language research integrates issues from Cognitive psychology, Implicature, Figure of speech, Meaning and Sentence.
Between 2011 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Interpreting Figurative Meaning (124 citations)
- Do pragmatic signals affect conventional metaphor understanding? A failed test of deliberate metaphor theory (47 citations)
- Walking the walk while thinking about the talk: embodied interpretation of metaphorical narratives. (43 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Linguistics
- Epistemology
- Cognitive science
His main research concerns Metaphor, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive science, Linguistics and Conceptual metaphor.
The Metaphor study combines topics in areas such as Embodied cognition, Literature, Interpretation, Cognitive linguistics and Empirical research.
His Psycholinguistics research includes themes of Comprehension, Irony, Literal and figurative language and Meaning.
His study focuses on the intersection of Irony and fields such as Consciousness with connections in the field of Action.
His Literal and figurative language study incorporates themes from Epistemology, Metonymy and Contextual information.
He frequently studies issues relating to Language and thought and Linguistics.
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