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Further Exploration You can write a paper about a metaphorical pattern in your own life. Example from a previous student’s paper: “My family is a house.” Or this: Matt Groening, Work Is Hell. Or THIS: “Dating is a game.” But be sure to EVALUATE your pattern and ask yourself whether you benefit from it or not. END Lakoff Johnson,Metaphors We Live By HMXP 102 The Authors Lakoff and Johnson are cognitive linguists. That is, they study the relationship between thought, language, and action (as in the piece that you read for today). A key question for them is the following: How do language and thought influence each other? Definition of “Metaphor” What is LJ’s definition of “metaphor”? What do they mean by “metaphorical concept”? LJ’s Definitions Metaphor:? See Human Experience 8:? The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another. Metaphor:? An analogy identifying one object with another and ascribing to the first object one or more of the qualities of the second (Harmon and Holman, A Handbook to Literature).? A comparison between two things without the use of like or as. A metaphorical concept is a sentence like “Argument is war.” It is a complete thought, rather than a mere image. LJ prefer the term metaphorical concept because metaphor is part of our conceptual system; metaphor is not just an image but also a complete thought; and as such, metaphor has an impact on action, for action arises from thought. Review of Plato What is Plato’s main metaphor? What sub-metaphors does he use? Answers What is Plato’s main metaphor? Education is (like) leaving a cave where appearances are distorted. What submetaphors does he use? Dragging someone up to the light Turning around Upward journey Vision Light and darkness LJ on the First Iraq War Important points from Metaphor and War:? The Metaphor System Used to Justify War in the Gulf (Part 1): Secretary of State Baker saw Saddam Hussein as sitting on our eco