Metaphors We Live By
- ISBN-10
- 0226470997
- ISBN-13
- 9780226470993
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-12-19
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Authors
- Mark Johnson, George Lakoff
Description
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 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. In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Creating Worldviews
By James W Underhill... Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964. Poldauf, Ivan, Česko-anglický slovník, 2nd edn, Prague: Státní Pedagogické Nakladatelství, 1986. Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics ...
-
More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor
By Mark Turner, George Lakoff' What we're saying whenever we say is a theme this book illumines for anyone attentive." — Hugh Kenner, Johns Hopkins University "In this bold and powerful book, Lakoff and Turner continue their use of metaphor to show how our minds get ...
-
Metaphor Wars
By Raymond W. GibbsThe study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science and the humanities. This book explores the critical role that conceptual metaphors play in language, thought, cultural and expressive actions.
-
Metaphors We Teach By: How Metaphors Shape What We Do in Classrooms
By Ken Badley, Harro Walter Van BrummelenArt, Design & Communication in Higher Education 5(2), 131–144. Ormell, C. (1996). Eight metaphors of education. Educational Research 38(1), 67–75. Rau, W., Shelley, M., & Beck, F. (2001). The dark engine of Illinois education: A ...
-
The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason
By Mark Johnson"There are books—few and far between—which carefully, delightfully, and genuinely turn your head inside out. This is one of them.
-
Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory
By Zoltan KovecsesOffers an extended, improved version of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), updating it in the context of current linguistic theory.
-
Philosophy In The Flesh
By George LakoffFauconnier , G. , and E. Sweetser , eds . Spaces , Worlds , and Grammar . Chicago : University of Chicago Press . ... Grounded Spaces : Deictic - Self Anaphors in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson . Language and Literature 6 : 1 , 7-28 .
-
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
By George Lakoff. . . Lakoff asks: What do categories of language and thought reveal about the human mind? Offering both general theory and minute details, Lakoff shows that categories reveal a great deal."—David E. Leary, American Scientist
-
Speaking of Jesus: The Art of Not-Evangelism
By Carl MedearisHis offer is that doing so allows us the freedom to relax and feast on Jesus. “You may not agree with everything in this book. I don’t. But you will be moved by it as I was….
-
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
By George LakoffThe ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate