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Lisa Stewart

Politics, Sociology - George Lakoff - "How Liberals & Conservatives think" - 0 views

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    Lakoff cognitive linguistics
Ryan Catalani

Conceptual Metaphor Home Page - 2 views

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    By George Lakoff. Includes indexes of conceptual metaphors, e.g., - A force is a moving object- A problem is a body of water- Psychological forces are physical forces- Time is a landscape we move through- Words are weapons Includes examples for each. E.g., for "A problem is a body of water": - He dived right into the problem.- The murky waters of the investigation frustrated him.- He'd been fishing for the answer for weeks.- Finally the answer surfaced.- The answer's just floating around out there.
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    AHH! We needed this. Thanks, Ryan!
Lara Cowell

With 'Fake News,' Trump Moves From Alternative Facts To Alternative Language - 0 views

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    Donald Trump has begun casting all unfavorable news coverage as fake news. In one tweet, he even went so far as to say that "any negative polls are fake news." And many of his supporters have picked up and run with his new definition. The ability to reshape language - even a little - is an awesome power to have. According to language experts on both sides of the aisle, the rebranding of fake news could be a genuine threat to democracy.
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