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19 de dic. de 2008 · 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...
Metaphors we live by. By GEORGE LAKOFF and MARK JOHNSON. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. Pp. xiii, 241. Cloth $13.95, paper $5.95. Reviewed by JOHN M. LAWLER, University of Michigan Every linguist dreams of the day when the intricate variety of human language will be a commonplace, widely understood in our own and other cultures; when
Metaphors We Live By is a book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson published in 1980. The book suggests metaphor is a tool that enables people to use what they know about their direct physical and social experiences to understand more abstract things like work, time, mental activity and feelings.
KEY WORDS: Lakoff y Johnson en su libro, Metaphors We Live By, metáfora. Metáforas de la vida cotidiana es un libro escrito por George Lakoff –un lingüista de Berkely– y Mark Johnson –un filósofo de la Universidad de Oregon–, fue publicado por primera vez en 1980. Fue traducido al Español en 1986.
Metaphors We Live by. Every linguist dreams of the day when the intricate variety of human language will be a commonplace, widely understood in our own and other cultures; when we can unlock the secrets of human thought and communication; when people will stop asking us how many languages we speak.
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.
Lakoff and Johnson consider three stances or myths which a person can espouse in the study of metaphor. Oriental philosophy espouses the subjectivity myth whereby meaning is determined by the individual.
