And the wind cries ...

By hrynyshyn on October 23, 2007.

It's funny, 'cause it's true. Well, metaphorically speaking...

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Raymond Gibbs Jr. Comment on Metaphor

Raymond Gibbs Jr., psycholinguist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, one of the principle adherents of cognitive linguistics and conceptual metaphor theory, was kind enough to leave a comment at the post "

Mind Metaphors

Some of you who are interested in the history of psychology or philosophy of mind might find this

Add "again" to that "...finally feel useful" as you riffle thru the pages of your scrapbooks showing the sails, the water lifts and the sculpture of wind erosion.

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