Metaphors We Live By

Metaphors We Live By

by George Lakoff

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265 pages~4.4 hr readPublished by University of Chicago PressPublished 1980-01-01

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  • You're curious about linguistics and want to understand the mechanics of how language actually works rather than just following rules.
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  • You're looking for a quick read about clever turns of phrase rather than a deep structural analysis of thought itself.
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Metaphors We Live By examines how metaphors shape our perceptions and actions. The authors explain that metaphor is a fundamental mechanism of mind, allowing us to use knowledge from our physical and social experience to understand countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of experience, they function as "metaphors we live by"—shaping our perceptions and actions often without our awareness. This updated edition includes an afterword surveying how the theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences and become central to contemporary understanding of how we think and express our thoughts in language.

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