George Lakoff
American linguist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1941 · age 85
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.
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Lakoff served as professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1972 until his retirement in 2016.
