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I is an other : the secret life of metaphor and how it shapes the way we see the world / James Geary.
Van Pelt Library PE1445.M4 G43 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geary, James, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphor.
- Rhetoric and psychology.
- Thought and thinking.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins, 2011.
- Summary:
- Geary's adept explication of the metaphor's role in defining perceptions analyzes how metaphors are used in advertising, scientific discoveries, economics, and politics, as well as how metaphors play in conceptual comprehension and long-term memory.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780061710285 :
- 0061710288
- OCLC:
- 690020507
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