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Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things

By George Lakoff

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| Paperback | 9780226468044

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"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 asksContinue

"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

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    Fascinating way to look at how the language we uses influences how we think about what we talk about.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 632 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0226468046
  • ISBN-13: 9780226468044
  • Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
  • Pub date: Apr 15, 1990
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1097 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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