I is an other : the secret life of metaphor and how it shapes the way we see the world /

I is an other : the secret life of metaphor and how it shapes the way we see the world /

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Author / Creator:	Geary, James, 1962-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : HarperCollins, 2011.
Description:	296 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Metaphor. Rhetoric and psychology. Thought and thinking. Language and languages. Language and languages. Metaphor. Rhetoric and psychology. Thought and thinking.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8349644

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Varying Form of Title:	Secret life of metaphor and how it shapes the way we see the world
ISBN:	9780061710285 : $19.99 0061710288
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Geary's adept explication of the metaphor's role in defining perceptions analyzes how metaphors are used in advertising, scientific discoveries, economics, and politics, as well as how metaphors play in conceptual comprehension and long-term memory.

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Summary:	"Sherlock Holmes could glance at a bowler hat and tell that its owner's wife had ceased to love him. In this brilliant book about metaphor James Geary is no less astonishing, as he deciphers the subtle implications embedded in advertising slogans, familiar slang and government double-talk.... You'll scarf down every page of I Is an Other and then ask for more." --Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of Book by Book and Classics for Pleasure<br> <br> <br> <br> For lovers of language and fans of Blink and Freakonomics, New York Times bestselling author James Geary offers this fascinating look at metaphors and their influence in every aspect of our lives, from art to medicine, psychology to the stock market.<br> <br>
Physical Description:	296 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780061710285 : $19.99 0061710288