Blending (Conceptual Integration) theory, initiated in 1985 by Fauconnier in his Mental Spaces, has been developing rapidly and is drawing more and more attention from the academic community.

• 自1985年Fauconnier提出心理空间理论以来,经过10多年,发展到今天的概念合成理论,已基本成熟,目前成为认知语言学的重要组成部分,为研究语言运用背后的认知活动搭起了一个统一的理论框架。