{"product_id":"metaphors-we-live-by-paperback","title":"Metaphors We Live by - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Lakoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe now-classic \u003ci\u003eMetaphors We Live By\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe now-classic \u003ci\u003eMetaphors We Live By\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe now-classic \u003ci\u003eMetaphors We Live By\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lakoff\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of, among other books, \u003ci\u003eWomen, Fire, and Dangerous Things\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoral Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eMark Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body in the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoral Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Johnson and Lakoff have also coauthored \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754045505824,"sku":"9780226468013","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1c7a67caf84f0a91d8d87a033a041f5a.webp?v=1780032220","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/metaphors-we-live-by-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}