隐喻无处不在

Lakoff的书是八零年发表的,影响仍然在扩展之中。隐喻不仅仅是在语言中,在思维和行为中也是无处不在。因为通讯是基于思维和行为的同一套概念系统,所以考察语言的使用,会得到关于观念系统细节和特征的知识。

Over the epistemological divide

Geogre Lakeoff‘s book Philosophy in the Flesh makes the following points: “The mind is inherently embodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. […]