In questa puntata, esploriamo come le metafore non siano solo un elemento della lingua letteraria, ma abbiano un ruolo fondamentale nella nostra comprensione del mondo. A partire dal libro Metaphors We Live By di G. Lakoff e M. Johnson, analizziamo il potere delle metafore e come la linguistica cognitiva consideri il linguaggio parte dei processi mentali e corporei. Grazie agli esempi di metafore quotidiane, gli autori mostrano come la mente usi metafore concettuali per dare senso a concetti complessi, rivelando il legame profondo tra linguaggio ed esperienza fisica.

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna

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