Metaphors We Live By

Metaphors We Live By
AuthorGeorge Lakoff and Mark Johnson
SubjectConceptual metaphor
Published1980
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
Pages242
ISBN978-0226468013

Metaphors We Live By is a book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson published in 1980. The book suggests metaphor is a tool that enables people to use what they know about their direct physical and social experiences to understand more abstract things like work, time, mental activity and feelings.