Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

Metaphors We Live By



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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226468011, 9780226468013
Page: 252
Format: djvu


I called the glass company with the best slogan: We Fix Your Panes. A gripping piece from Not Exactly Rocket Science describes how simply changing the metaphors used to describe crime can alter what we think is the best way of tackling it. The chapter begins stating that a metaphor is a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish, which is exactly what I previously viewed metaphors as. I've always said that I'm a sucker for a good metaphor. [] A victim of metaphor [] By baronsintheattic on October 26, 2011 at 8:19 pm. By Metaphors We Live By « The Write Time ~ with Grumps on March 30, 2011 at 11:26 pm. Metaphors We Live By George Lakoff, Mark Johnson ISBN: 0226468011 | 2003 | EPUBMOBI | 256 pages | 428 KB533 KBThe now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and i. The article covers a new study on the power of metaphors and how they can influence our beliefs and .. I love both the elegance and efficiency of analogous thinking; for me, it's one of the most sublime things about our language. By James Geary's book, I Is An Other: The Secret Life or Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World as well as by earlier reading, most importantly George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, Metaphors We Live By. The New Enlightenment, Part 11: 2003 Edition of Metaphors We Live By » georgelakoff. Concepts We Live By Most of us know “metaphor” only as an aspect of language that allows us to comprehend one concept in terms of another concept that is known to us. In the book 'Metaphors We Live By', the authors explain that metaphors are so deeply embedded in our thought processes that they shape our perceptions, understanding and behavior without our noticing. Metaphors We Live By (preface, ch.