Posts Tagged as ‘framing’

October 29, 2008

Lakoff Part Deux

Professor Robinson brought up some <a href=”http://election2008ucdenver.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/lakoff-metaphors-and-08-campaign-oh-my/#comment-329″>great points</a> in his comments about my last post regarding <a href=”http://election2008ucdenver.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/lakoff-metaphors-and-08-campaign-oh-my/#comments”>George Lakoff</a>. I would like to address them and other issues that have crept up over the past couple weeks.
<em>”…the real debates are not about frames–they are about fundamental policies.”</em>
Professor Robinson is right, the real debate is about [...]

September 16, 2008

Lakoff, Metaphors, and 08 campaign oh my

A brief explanation, and probably incorrect application, of George Lakoff’s cognitive linguistic approach to politics using metaphors: A two part series.
The books: