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Women, fire, and dangerous things

what categories reveal about the mind

by George Lakoff · 1987

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Focusing on studies of how humans categorize objects and ideas, this book examines the new understanding of human thought which proposes that human reason is imaginative, metaphorical, and intrinsically linked with the human body.

Categorization (Psychology)ReasonPsycholinguisticsCognitionThought and thinkingCognition. 0RazónCatégorisation (Psychologie)ClassificatieConocimientoCategorización (Psicología)Psycholinguistique