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"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 ScientistLakoff, George is the author of 'Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things What Categories Reveal About the Mind', published 1990 under ISBN 9780226468044 and ISBN 0226468046.
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