Mark Turner | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 70–71) United States |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Spouse | Megan Whalen Turner |
| Awards | Anneliese Maier Research Prize (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) (2015); Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises (Académie française) (1996) |
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| Fields | cognitive science, linguistics, decision-making, reasoning, communication, media, marketing |
| Institutions | Case Western Reserve University |
| Website | markturner |
Mark Turner (born 1954) is a cognitive scientist, linguist, and author. He is Institute Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University. [1] He has won an Anneliese Maier Research Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2015) and a Grand Prix (Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises) from the French Academy (1996) for his work in these fields. [2] [3] Turner and Gilles Fauconnier founded the theory of conceptual blending, presented in textbooks and encyclopedias. [4] Turner is also the director of the Cognitive Science Network (CSN) [5] and co-director of the Distributed Little Red Hen Lab.
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His wife is the writer Megan Whalen Turner. [6]
