George Lakoff Syllabus LING 106 Fall 2014

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Syllabus

Linguistics 106: Metaphor

Fall 2014

Instructor: George Lakoff [email protected] Office Hours: Dwinelle 1213 2 ! 3:1" p#

$o %SI: &ro'essor La(o'' will run section 102 Fri)ays 2 *3 p# Dwinelle 242+,ther sections cancelle)+

Section required*, starts week 2 Se!te"ber #t$%

Lecture: &u,&$ ':'( ) #-oo#: +2 winelle

.ourse .ontrol $o. #2-(#- units

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Lakoff, George and ark /o$nson. 0+(. Second ed. 2((2. Metaphors We Live By.1niersity of 3$icago 4ress. !a!erback% 56L78

Lakoff, George and ark &urner. 0+0. More Than Cool Reason: A Field Guide To

Poetic Metaphor. 1niersity of 3$icago 4ress. !a!erback% 5&398Lakoff, George and ark /o$nson. 000. Philosophy in the Flesh. !a!erback%. 7asic

7ooks. 54&;8

t$e !art usually $idden fro" iew, belowconsciousness, t$at guides $ow you understand eery as!ect of t$e world.

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?ll $u"an beings $ae a largely unconscious, e=tensie syste" of "eta!$oricalt$oug$t. "!ortant !arts of t$at syste" are uniersal t$e rest is culturally s!ecific, andso"eti"es !riate.

&$e dee!est !arts of t$e syste" > t$e 4ri"ary eta!$ors > are learned early in life.

4ri"ary "eta!$ors are !$ysical > neural circuits linking two distinct areas of t$e brain.&$e rest of t$e syste" of "eta!$orical t$oug$t is co"!le= and is built on t$e !ri"ary"eta!$ors. ost of t$e "eta!$ors we use are co"!le=, but get t$eir "eaning ia t$e!ri"ary "eta!$or syste".

eta!$orical t$oug$t is anyt$ing but e=traneous. t is constitutie of t$e way weunderstand our e=!erience.

7ecause t$e syste" "ostly o!erates below t$e leel of consciousness, it went "ostlyunnoticed for oer 2,#(( years of 6estern t$oug$t. Since 0+(, it $as been studied ingreat detail.

eta!$orical t$oug$t begins before language. Linguistic "eta!$ors are e=!ressions of"eta!$orical t$oug$t. eta!$orical t$oug$t goes beyond language. t occurs in gesturein t$e understanding of art in !$iloso!$y in t$e structure of $ig$er "at$e"atics inscience in !olitics > and es!ecially in our understanding > and "isunderstanding >of $u"an relations$i!s and of ourseles.&$e goal of t$is course is to "ake t$e unconscious conscious, to introduce you to dee!c$a"bers of your "ind t$at you cannot see directly, to notice "eta!$orical t$oug$tw$ere it occurs, and to analyAe it in detail.

he Meta$et &ro7ect

?94? $as been funding a large, "ulti)year, o!en source, uniersally accessible!roBect on "eta!$or researc$ at 3S t$e nternational3o"!uter Science nstitute% at7erkeley,called etaCet. t includes t$e following !arts to be worked on for a nu"ber ofyears:

. eta!$or analysis at bot$ t$e conce!tual and linguistic leels, like w$at is taug$tin t$is course.

2. ? co"!uteriAed re!ository of bot$ conce!tual and linguistic "eta!$ors, and t$ecascades in w$ic$ t$ey occur.

'. ? !arsing gra""ar t$at can auto"atically analyAe "eta!$orical as well asnon"eta!$orical language.

-. ? statistical engine t$at can discoers linguistic "eta!$ors in a cor!us.#. ?n analytical engine t$at takes as in!ut linguistic "eta!$ors and gies

conce!tual analyses as out!ut.D. E=!eri"ents t$at test our analyses.

n sections and $o"eworks, you will learn to use t$e co"!uter syste" for entering andsearc$ing "eta!$or analyses.



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-ea)ing 8ssign#ents

&$is is a discussion class, not a lecture class. t is assu"ed t$at you will $ae read t$eassigned readings beforet$e classes on t$e weeks s!ecified. &$e class discussion will

coer t$e readings and "uc$ "ore.

For ee( 1 8ugust 29: Intro to the /asic .oncepts

For ee( 2 Septe#ber 2 4

&uesday: Lakoff and /o$nson 6L7, c$. )(, +, ?fterword%.

&$ursday: Lakoff, E"bodied 3ognition 4a!er

For ee( 3 Septe#ber 11

&uesday: Lakoff and /o$nson, 4$iloso!$y in t$e ;les$, 3$a!ters )#.

&$ursday: Lakoff, ?nger. ;ro"Women Fire and !an"erous Thin"sbS!ace%

For ee( 4 Septe#ber 16 19

&uesday: 3$ang, Cancy, S. Carayanan, . 4etruck bS!ace% Lakoff and /o$nson, 4$iloso!$y in t$e ;les$, ?!!endi=

&$ursday: Lakoff, &$e Ceural &$eory of eta!$or bS!ace%

bS!ace 9eadings on 7lends &7?%

For ee( " Septe#ber 23 2"

&uesday: Lakoff and /o$nson, 4$iloso!$y in t$e ;les$, 3$a!ters D and F

a(e*ho#e ui; gien out

&$ursday: Lakoff and &urner, 3$a!ters and 2.

For ee( 6 Septe#ber 30 ,ctober 2

&uesday: Lakoff, &$e 4olitical ind, 3$a!ters ' and -

a(e*ho#e ui; )ue



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Lakoff and /o$nson, 4$iloso!$y in t$e ;les$, 3$a!ter -, orality

&$ursday:

For ee( < ,ctober


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For ee( 12 $oe#ber 11 13

&uesday: bS!ace ?. Goldberg 3$a!ter on eta!$or and Gra""ar

Secon) Short paper )ue in class ne=t wee(

&$ursday: bS!ace iscussion of E=a"!les

For ee( 13 $oe#ber 19 20:

&uesday: bS!ace iscussion of E=a"!les

Secon) short paper )ue in class

For ee( 14: $oe#ber 2" $oe#ber 2< han(sgiing:

&uesday: bS!ace iscussion of E=a"!les

&$ursday: &$anksgiing 7reak

For ee( 1": Dece#ber 2 Dece#ber 4

&uesday: /o$nson, ark. 0+. ntroduction: eta!$or in t$e 4$iloso!$ical&radition

&ake)$o"e ;inal Gien Out

&$ursday: Last 3lass Last iscussion

.ourse -euire#ents

bSpace?ll assign"ents and announce"ents will be !osted on bS!ace.$tt!:IIbs!ace.berkeley.edu%. t is ery ery i"!ortant t$at you create an account andadd t$is class to your list of courses. &o add t$e class, ty!e J"eta!$orK in t$e searc$bo=, t$en click enrollon t$e botto" rig$t of t$e class descri!tion. f it says J?ccess9estrictedK t$ats because you didnt click enroll on t$e botto" rig$t, but t$e classna"e+ f you dont already $ae an account, go to $tt!:IIbs!ace.berkeley.edu and si"!lyclick create an account+ont stress its ery easy.

or(ing groups:&$e s!irit of t$e course is "eant to be coo!eratie, not co"!etitie.;or t$e sake of !ro"oting coo!eration, t$e instructor reco""ends t$at students for"s"all grou!s four to si= students !er grou!% to discuss eac$ ot$ersM !a!ers and gieeac$ ot$er suggestions. Howeer, students "ust write u! t$eir own !a!ers and written

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assign"ents and not s$ow t$e" to ot$er students before $anding t$e" in. f a fellowstudent gies you an idea t$at you use in a !a!er or $o"ework, !lease acknowledge itwit$ a footnote.

>o#ewor( Discussion ?uestions: &$ese are questions to be discussed in your

grou!s. any of t$e" will include e=a"!les to be analyAed using t$e etaCet wiki.

&$eir !ur!ose is two)fold: to get you used to using t$e wiki and to "ake sure youunderstand i"!ortant issues. &$ey are notto be written u!. ssues arising fro" t$esediscussions s$ould be broug$t u! in class or in sections. 4referably in class, so t$atstudents not in your section can get t$e benefit of t$e discussion.

?ui;:? take)$o"e quiA will be gien out on t$e &uesday of 6eek # Septe#ber 23%and is to be $anded in at t$e beginning of class on t$e &uesday of 6eek D Septe#ber30%.

wo >o#ewor(s: Dates to be )eter#ine) an) announce) in a)ance+

Short &apers:&wo s$ort !a!ers -)D !!.% due in class on t$e &uesdays of weeks 0,ctober 21% and 2 $oe#ber 11. &$e !ur!ose of t$e s$ort !a!ers is to !roide!ractice in doing "eta!$or analysis.

Ma7or ta(e*ho#e e=a#:Gien out in class on hurs)ay$oe#ber 2. ue in4rofessor Lakoffs "ailbo= in t$e Linguistics Office, 2(' winelle Mon)ay Dece#ber10+

L8@ &8&@-S ILL $, /@ 8..@&@D+

Sections: 4erfor"ance in section will be !art of your grade. Nour Bob in sections will beto ask questions about t$e readings and to discuss t$e t$oug$t questions for t$at week.

%ra)es:?ssign"ents will be ealuated as


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George Lakoff Syllabus LING 106 Fall 2014