George Lakoff
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 83 |
Web site | georgelakoff.com |
Date of birth | May 24,1941 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Bayonne |
New Jersey | |
United States | |
Spouse | Kathleen Frumkin |
Parents | Ida Lakoff |
Herman Lakoff | |
Known for | Conceptual metaphor |
Embodied cognition | |
Affiliations | University Of California |
Berkeley | |
Education | INDIANA UNIVERSITY |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
Indiana University Bloomington | |
Nationality | American |
Books | Metaphors We Live By |
Don't think of an elephant | |
The All New Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate | |
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things | |
Movies/Shows | The Brave Class |
Hot Coffee | |
At Berkeley | |
Deflating the Elephant | |
Founded | Rockridge Institute |
Interests | Linguistics |
Cognitive Science | |
Politics | |
Law | |
Psychology | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 671128 |
George Lakoff Life story
George Philip Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena.