Comment: Acquiring metaphors

Emot Rev. 2016 Jul;8(3):280-282. doi: 10.1177/1754073915595101. Epub 2016 May 6.

Abstract

Lakoff (current issue) describes an account of conceptual representation based in part on metaphor. Though promising, this account faces several challenges with respect to learning and development.

Keywords: concepts; emotion; language acquisition; metaphor.