About “Metaphors We Live By”

A 1980 book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson arguing that metaphor is a fundamental mechanism of mind, letting us use knowledge of physical and social experience to understand other subjects. These structuring metaphors shape perceptions and actions without our noticing, hence "metaphors we live by."

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Published
2008
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2008 · ISBN 9780226470993
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