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

Philippe Caquant wrote:

>[snip] I also heard of Lakoff before, but never read anything from him.
>Howmuch remains to read before I die !
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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.