The classic works of contemporary linguistics are recognized as the beginning of metaphor system research in cognitive linguistics, which has great influence on metaphor research abroad. George Kauff and mark johnson pointed out in their books that metaphor is not only a lexical problem in language, but also an important means of human thinking. It directly participates in the cognitive process of human beings and is the basic way of human existence. Therefore, they put forward the conceptual metaphor theory for the first time from the cognitive perspective.

This book completely subverts people's narrow view of metaphor for thousands of years, and all the papers and monographs on metaphor and cognition at home and abroad take it as a classic.

Brief introduction of the author

George Leikauf is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, a famous linguist and the founder of cognitive linguistics. The research field is extensive, including cognitive linguistics, neural theory of language, conceptual system and the application of cognitive linguistics in politics, literature and mathematics.

Professor mark johnson is the head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, an outstanding Professor Knight, and one of the founders of cognitive linguistics and empirical philosophy. The research field is extensive, involving philosophy, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, aesthetics and so on.