Author | George Lakoff and Mark Johnson |
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Subject | Conceptual metaphor |
Published | 1980 |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 242 |
ISBN | 978-0226468013 |
Metaphors We Live By is a book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson published in 1980.[1][2] The book suggests metaphor is a tool that enables people to use what they know about their direct physical and social experiences to understand more abstract things like work, time, mental activity and feelings.