Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things

<div>"Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science. Lakoff asks: What do categories of language and thought reveal about the human mind. Offering both general theory and minute details, Lakoff shows that categories reveal a great deal. "&#8212;David E. Leary, <i>American Scientist</i></div>