Comment: Lakoff on metaphor – More heat than light
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Goddard, Cliff
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2016
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This comment questions the logic and evidence base of Lakoff's (2016) account of metaphor, embodiment, and the so-called neural theory of language. It calls for proper attention to linguistic and cultural diversity and opposes biophysical reductionism.
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Emotion Review
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8
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3
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Cognitive and computational psychology
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cross-linguistic semantics
embodiment
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Goddard, C, Comment: Lakoff on metaphor – More heat than light, Emotion Review, 2016, 8 (3), pp. 277-278