Person

Mark Johnson

Cognitive linguists of conceptual metaphor—how embodied experience structures abstract thought.

Why this matters

Metaphors We Live By grounds meaning in body and culture—interpretation not free-floating logic.

Focus in observatory

Works

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Metaphors We Live By

Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. *Metaphors We Live By*. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980.

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