Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things

Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 633
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ISBN-10 : 9780226471013
ISBN-13 : 0226471012
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Book Synopsis Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things by : George Lakoff

Download or read book Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things written by George Lakoff and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-08-08 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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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