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by George Lakoff; Mark Johnson

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Readers widely credit the book with redefining metaphor as a cornerstone of cognition rather than mere ornament, citing vivid frameworks like “argument is war” and “time is money.” Many call it influential—sometimes even life-changing—for its clear, example-rich early chapters and cross-disciplinary reach into linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science. The main caveat is that it can be didactic, repetitive, and dense, especially in later philosophical sections, making it feel more like a textbook than a popular read. Overall, it’s seen as a foundational, if sometimes dry, classic that sharpens how people notice and use metaphors in everyday life.

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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.

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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.

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  • Title Metaphors We Live by
  • Author George Lakoff; Mark Johnson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2003-04-16
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780226468013 / 0226468011
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Metaphor, Truth
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003044774
  • Dewey Decimal Code 401

About the author

George Lakoff is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of, among other books, Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things and Moral Politics, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Mark Johnson is the Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. He is the author of The Body in the Mind and Moral Imagination, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Johnson and Lakoff have also coauthored Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought.
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