| Author: | George Lakoff | ISBN: | 9780226471013 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | August 8, 2008 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Lakoff |
| ISBN: | 9780226471013 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | August 8, 2008 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
"Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science. . . . Lakoff asks: What do categories of language and thought reveal about the human mind? Offering both general theory and minute details, Lakoff shows that categories reveal a great deal."—David E. Leary, American Scientist
"Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science. . . . Lakoff asks: What do categories of language and thought reveal about the human mind? Offering both general theory and minute details, Lakoff shows that categories reveal a great deal."—David E. Leary, American Scientist
