Metaphors we live by /
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 "me...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2003.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents e-book Publisher description Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | 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. --from publisher description |
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| Item Description: | ''With a new afterword''--Cover Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 276 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0226468372 9780226468372 |