Metaphors we live by
By: George Lakoff and Mark Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, Mark, 1949-
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Language and languages -- Philosophy.; Metaphor.; Concepts.; Truth.
Description: Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"--Metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. --from publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980.

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