George Lakoff

Broschiertes Buch

Women, Fire and Dangerous Things

What Categories Reveal About the Mind

Beschreibung

Focusing on studies of how humans categorize objects and ideas, this book examines the new understanding of human thought which proposes that human reason is imaginative, metaphorical, and intrinsically linked with the human body

Autor

George Lakoff is professor emeritus of cognitive science and linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his discovery of the detailed workings of metaphorical thought and how it structures our understanding of the world. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Metaphors We Live By, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• 1990.
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 169mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 974g
• ISBN-13: 9780226468044
• ISBN-10: 0226468046
• Artikelnr.: 13687630