This cognitive science/cognitive linguistics books were a hinge point for me: George Lakoff: - Philosophy In The Flesh http://amzn.to/2xFTKU7 - The Political Mind http://amzn.to/2vU9rF1 Gilles Fauconnier, Mark Turner: - The Way We Think http://amzn.to/2xFv4ep Benjamin K. Bergen: - Louder Than Words http://amzn.to/2wwsMhv
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