Framing the issues: UC Berkeley professor George Lakoff discusses how conservatives use language to dominate politics
By Bonnie Azab Powell, NewsCenter 27 October 2003 [George P. Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist, best known for his thesis that our choices are significantly influenced by the central metaphors we use to explain complex phenomena. For more from Lakoff, look at his most recent book (2012) The Little…