Are you feeling up or down today? Have you had a full life? This classic work of
linguistics reveals the role of metaphor in shaping our language and thinking. For
me reading it (I see from the date on my copy . 35 years ago), it was indeed a seminal
experience and altered the way I think about language even now. I'd be interesting
in extending it to explore how our professions structure the way we see the world.
Lakoff might be better known to some for "Woman, Fire and Dangerous Things" 1987
which title stirred some controvesy.