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The neural theory of metaphor

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Lakoff, George·2008·The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511816802.003
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The neural revolution is changing our understanding of the brain and the mind in radical ways, and that is no less true in the theory of metaphor. It is 30 years since Mark Johnson and I wrote Metaphors We Live By in 1979. Though the fundamental outlines of what we discovered remain as valid today as they were then, developments in brain science and neural computation have vastly enriched our understanding of how conceptual metaphor works. This is an intermediate report, as of January 2009.

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Authors
Lakoff, G.
Venue
The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2008-09-22
Pages
17-38
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511816802.003
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912
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67.86
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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