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Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

Metaphors We Live By George Lakoff, Mark Johnson ebook
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0226468011, 9780226468013
Page: 252
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

The chapter begins stating that a metaphor is a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish, which is exactly what I previously viewed metaphors as. Yes, he admits he feels sorry for her. Metaphors we live by: Argument Is War. "You know, that's kind of like getting out there on the playground, a bunch of kids ready to fight, and one of the kids saying, 'Go ahead, punch me in the face, and I'm not going to retaliate. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:13 — 24.2MB). Apparently the father has never ever been inside the picture. She was talking about the senses, and how everything we know is through our senses, and all the metaphor that comes about as a result. Read the transcript at Michelle's Projects for English Learners! Metaphors We Live By is a book Jane Hirshfield mentioned at her reading tonight. Metaphors We Live By (preface, ch. I can't believe that I've lived my whole life without realizing the intensity in which metaphors play in our unconscious cultural life. €�In all aspects of life, we define our reality in terms of metaphors and then proceed to act on the basis of the metaphors.