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Metaphors We Live By

byGeorge Lakoff

Genres: Philosophy Psychology Philosophy for Beginners

Who is this book for? Readers interested in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science.

Topics Language and CommunicationHuman NatureIdentity

MoodReflective

People use metaphors every time they speak. Some of those metaphors are literary - devices for making thoughts more vivid or entertaining. But most are much more basic than that - they're "metaphors we live by", metaphors we use without even realizing we're using them. In this book, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson suggest that these basic metaphors not only affect the way we communicate ideas, but actually structure our perceptions and understandings from the beginning. Bringing together the perspectives of linguistics and philosophy, Lakoff and Johnson offer an intriguing and surprising guide to some of the most common metaphors and what they can tell us about the human mind. And for this new edition, they supply an afterword both extending their arguments and offering a fascinating overview of the current state of thinking on the subject of the metaphor.

Language

Published on

16/04/2003

Pages

242

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780226468013

Price Comparison

waterstones

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12 £

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