01- Generative Semantics:The Background of Cognitive Linguistics, George Lakoff (2004)

Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics were given by George Lakoff in Beijing in April 2004 at The China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics. Lakoff gives an account of the background of cognitive linguistics, and basic mechanisms of thought, grammar, neural theory of language, metaphor, implications for Philosophy, and political linguistics. He does so in a manner that is accessible for anyone, including undergraduate level students and a general audience. With the massive experience of being a linguist for over 50 years, and being one of the founding fathers of the field, George Lakoff is one of the best possible experts to introduce Cognitive Linguistics to anyone.

This lecture is part of this lecture series:
   • Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics...