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the structure of our language at least partly reflects the structure of our experience nb language itself is a metaphor for our experience, the structure of our language at least partly reflects the structure of our experience nb part of a metaphorical concept does not and cannot fit, concepts govern our everyday functioning yet not normally aware of it, Metaphor, for most people... is characteristic of language alone, Metaphor, for most people... is a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish, not normally aware of it because 'being aware' is the very system we would need to be aware of!, concepts govern our everyday functioning eg I think of this as a room, you as a person, etc, concepts govern our everyday functioning eg how we get around in the world, concepts govern our everyday functioning eg structure what and how we perceive, concepts govern our everyday functioning eg relate to other people, a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish egs from literature, Metaphors We Live By 1 by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, not normally aware of it how can we explore it? one way to find out about it is through language, conceptual system itself is metaphorical in nature what's our evidence? concepts govern our everyday functioning, communication is based on same conceptual system as we use for thinking and acting this means that the structure of our language at least partly reflects the structure of our experience, characteristic of language alone however conceptual system itself is metaphorical in nature, one way to find out about it is through language since communication is based on same conceptual system as we use for thinking and acting, Metaphors We Live By 1 start Metaphor, for most people..., Metaphors We Live By 1 definition of metaphor we mean 'metaphorical concept', Metaphors We Live By 1 definition of metaphor the essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another