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Re: Jackendoff's "Semantic (?) Structures"

From:John Quijada <jq_ithkuil@...>
Date:Thursday, April 22, 2004, 1:31
Philippe Caquant wrote:

>[snip] I also heard of Lakoff before, but never read anything from him. >Howmuch remains to read before I die ! >
------------------- I can't recommend Lakoff and Johnson's "Metaphors We Live By" too strongly (as I'm sure others will agree), although be warned: if you make it to the last few chapters where they begin to explore the philosophical implications of their work, your whole view of human cognition, language, and even "truth" itself may be irrevocably changed. Lakoff's "Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things" is also a must-read, IMHO, for anyone wanting to explore the cognitive perspective (I've recommended it in previous threads). And I second And Rosta's and Mark P. Line's mention of Ronald Langacker's writings. His 2-volume "Foundations of Cognitive Grammar" almost single-handedly got cognitive linguistics off the ground and (again, IMHO) finally broke the stagnant Chomskian stranglehold on linguistics. --John Q.