Metaphors We Live by, Paperback

Descriere

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.

Despre autor

George Lakoff

lingvist american · n. 1941

George Philip Lakoff este un lingvist cognitiv și filozof american, cel mai bine cunoscut pentru teza sa conform căreia viața oamenilor este influențată semnificativ de metaforele conceptuale pe care le folosesc pentru a explica fenomene complexe. Lakoff a fost profesor de lingvistică la Universitatea din California, Berkeley, din 1972 până la pensionarea sa în 2016.