Frauen, Feuer und gefährliche Dinge: Was Kategorien über den Geist verraten

Author/Contributor(s):	Lakoff, George
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Date:	04/15/1990
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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 Scientist