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I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World

By James Geary

Book information

Publisher
Harper
Year
2011
ISBN
0061710288, 9780061710285
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
615 kB (630155 bytes)
Pages
304\0
Time added
2013-12-27 23:48:16
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Когнитивная лингви

Description

“Sherlock Holmes could glance at a bowler hat and tell that its owner's wife had ceased to love him. In this brilliant book about metaphor James Geary is no less astonishing, as he deciphers the subtle implications embedded in advertising slogans, familiar slang and government double-talk…. You'll scarf down every page of I Is an Other and then ask for more.” —Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of Book by Book and Classics for PleasureFor lovers of language and fans of Blink and Freakonomics, New York Times bestselling author James Geary offers this fascinating look at metaphors and their influence in every aspect of our lives, from art to medicine, psychology to the stock market.

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