George Lakoff

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
Linguist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Richard_H._Thomason
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences_Fellow
gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America_Fellow
Guggenheim Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1941-05-24
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Analyzing political language
Developing theories of conceptual structure
Understanding the role of metaphor in thought
Advocating for progressive politics through language
Exploring the relationship between language and thought
gptkbp:field Cognitive Linguistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Lakoff
gptkbp:influenced Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Political Science
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkb:Mikhail_Bakhtin
gptkb:J.L._Austin
gptkbp:involved gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:Cognitive_Linguistics_Society
gptkbp:knownFor Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Political Metaphors
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Barbara_Tversky
gptkb:Mark_Turner
gptkb:William_Croft
gptkb:Ronald_Langacker
Eve Sweetser
gptkbp:notableWorks Metaphors We Live By
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
The Political Mind
gptkbp:researchFocus Cognitive Science
Political Discourse
Metaphor_in_Language
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elisabeth_Wehling
gptkbp:website http://georgelakoff.com