George Lakoff
George Lakoff · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Cognitive linguist known for conceptual metaphor theory.
1941, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
United States
George Lakoff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Cognitive linguist known for conceptual metaphor theory.
Lakoff is a cognitive linguist at UC Berkeley best known for conceptual metaphor theory — the idea, developed with Mark Johnson in Metaphors We Live By (1980), that abstract thought is largely structured by metaphors grounded in bodily experience. His work reshaped linguistics, cognitive science and the study of political framing. He was born into a Jewish family in Bayonne, New Jersey.
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Cognitive linguist known for conceptual metaphor theory.
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