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Review: Metaphors We Live By

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The opening chapters cause unending jaw dropping when you begin to actually think of how we speak and think in metaphors. Having never studied linguistics, I found that the authors took care in their ...

Review: Metaphors We Live By

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I have been engrossed in "Metaphors We Live By" by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. This book is more than 30 years old, but the theory of language that it maps out was wholly new to me and seems still ...

Review: Metaphors We Live By

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I was assigned to read about 75% of this book for a class at Rowan University (only 75% because the professor assigned the chapters he felt were most relevant to our specific course requirements). It ...

Review: Metaphors We Live By

User Review - Nikolas - Goodreads

I read it in English for insights into Spanish and quickly realised I needed a translation. Not all metaphors hold true but most do. Read full review

Review: Metaphors We Live By

User Review - Heather Pagano - Goodreads

The first half of this book was a sheer joy to read, uncovering patterns not only of language use but of thought. I was really able to personally relate to the examples given. The end of the book ... Read full review

Review: Metaphors We Live By

User Review - Mary Cawthon - Goodreads

Interesting and less tedious than anticipated Read full review

Review: Metaphors We Live By

User Review - John - Goodreads

This book makes a crucial basic point: We can't help but think in metaphors and we live by the metaphors by which we think, and that's okay. It engages in a tremendous amount of definition ... Read full review