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George Lakoff

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George Philip Lakoff ( LAY-kof; born May 24, 1941) is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena. Lakoff served as professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1972 until his retirement in 2016. The conceptual metaphor thesis, introduced in his and Mark Johnson's 1980 book Metaphors We Live By has found applications in a number of academic disciplines. Applying it to politics, literature, philosophy and mathematics has led Lakoff into territory normally considered basic to political science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Lakoff is the 60th most popular linguist (down from 54th in 2019), the 2,707th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,352nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, George Lakoff ranks 60 out of 214. Before him are Hugo Schuchardt, William Labov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hesychius of Alexandria, Charles Bally, and Matthias Castrén. After him are Josef Dobrovský, Karl Lachmann, Vilém Mathesius, Karl Brugmann, August Leskien, and Johannes Aavik.

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Among people born in 1941, George Lakoff ranks 164. Before him are Federico Faggin, Nora Ephron, Barbet Schroeder, Josef Jelínek, Sergio Oliva, and David Crosby. After him are Ron Brown, Takayuki Kuwata, Fabio Testi, Gunpei Yokoi, Mirosław Hermaszewski, and Geoff Hurst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Lakoff ranks 2,707 out of 20,380. Before him are Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Paris Hilton (1981), Kamehameha II (1797), Red Buttons (1919), Judd Hirsch (1935), and Buddy Rich (1917). After him are Robert Culp (1930), Charles Moore (1929), Sam Waterston (1940), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Chris Sanders (1962), and Marion Ramsey (1947).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, George Lakoff ranks 9. Before him are Noah Webster (1758), Leonard Bloomfield (1887), Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), Joseph Greenberg (1915), Joshua Fishman (1926), and William Labov (1927). After him are Morris Swadesh (1909), Stephen Krashen (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), William Stokoe (1919), Alice Kober (1906), and William Dwight Whitney (1827).

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