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|name = George Lakoff | |name = George Lakoff | ||
|image = George Lakoff.jpg | |image = George Lakoff.jpg | ||
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|caption = Professor George Lakoff | |caption = Professor George Lakoff | ||
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1941|05|24}} | |birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1941|05|24}} | ||
|residence = Berkeley, California, USA | |residence = Berkeley, California, USA | ||
| − | |fields = Cognitive linguistics | + | |fields = Cognitive linguistics, Cognitive science |
|workplaces = University of California, Berkeley | |workplaces = University of California, Berkeley | ||
|alma_mater = Indiana University | |alma_mater = Indiana University | ||
| − | |known_for = Conceptual metaphor theory | + | |known_for = Conceptual metaphor theory, Embodied cognition |
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George Lakoff's book 'Moral Politics' introduces the Strict Father and Nurturing Parent as a contrasting pair of fundamental metaphors that underly people's thinking, and relates this to the political agendas of the Democrat and the Republican parties.