George Lakoff
George Philip Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena. Lakoff served as professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1972 until his retirement in 2016.
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- Born in
- Bayonne
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyIndiana University
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Elisabeth Wehling📖 Oana A. David📖 Jean-Pierre Koenig📖 Ellen Kirsten Dodge📖 Benjamin Koppel Bergen
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1941
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