About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980-04-15
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Edition: A Phoenix Book
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
Description: New. The now-classic "Metaphors We Live By" changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and socia... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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"I've had this book on my reading list for years, and when I finally got it was so disappointed. It is overly theoretical, not applicable to every day language and practice, too far removed from our experience to prove valuable. I do group facilitation, teach team building, train technical/digital equipment and other forms of corporate communications. I love those who are talented enough to use metaphor in the vernacular to draw diverse groups of people toward a new way of conceptualizing a topic. I expected this book to reveal some uses and examples and insights into metaphor - it was too hard to relate to and i gave up after hours of trying. Sorry to say. It could be a fascinating subject - in fact, it is. Only not written about here it in the best light/insight. I opened the cover thinking I'd found a gem - I tried to get into it only to realize no amount rubbing compound could make it shine. Chris"
"Aristotle identified metaphor as the most crucial figure in the arsenal of the poet. Lakoff and Johnson argue that this can be taken even further: metaphor might be the most crucial figure for all of human understanding! This classic book on linguistics is very accessible, and will immediately find its way into your everyday thinking."
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