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                                             December 1, 2011

  "Actual work on metaphor in general has, in fact,
   shown that conventional metaphors (often called dead
   metaphors) are interpreted literally, rather than
   metaphorically, just as Pinker says. For examples of
   up-to-date research on the topic, check out these two
   papers by Dedre Gentner and Brian Bowdle. In them
   you'll find experiments showing that over time,
   metaphors shift from be interpreted through mappings
   between the two domains (e.g., ARGUMENT and WAR) to
   categorical statements."

                            -- Chris of of "Mixing Memory"     http://scienceblogs.com/mixingmemory/2006/10/pinker_v_lakoff.php

                               (arguing that Lakoff's
                                objection that Pinker
                                misrepresents him doesn't
                                hold up)


  GOLDLEAF_FRAME

  Steven Pinker took on Lakoff in the pages of "The New Republic": http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/2006_09_30_thenewrepublic.html

  Lakoff's (rather whiney) response:  http://semanticcompositions.typepad.com/index/2004/11/a_reply_to_my_c.html


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