The reason why I choose Metaphors We Live by

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Actually, in the all mentioned books, I prefer the novels to academic works. But because the number of people who choose each book is limited, so I have to settle for a second.
According to the information provided by AI and related web search, I have a general idea of the book. This book is regarded as a classic work in contemporary linguistics. It is the beginning of the study of metaphor system in cognitive linguistics and has great influence on metaphor research abroad. Through rich examples and clear analysis, it explores the problem of metaphor and conceptual category. It makes readers realize that metaphor is not just imagination and rhetoric, but deeply embedded in language. It is the most basic tool for us to survive and understand the world. The rating on Douban.com is as high as nine points.
I believe that the ratings and reviews on Douban usually reflect the quality and influence of a book to some extent. And I'm curious about its rich examples. Moreover, I took the course of linguistics last semester and learned the knowledge of metaphor. At that time, I didn’t understand some content in the textbook. So I hope this book can solve my problems. In addition, metaphor has promoted cross-disciplinary research on human thinking, language, cognition and other issues. I want to have a deep understanding that how metaphor shapes our thinking and cognition, and feel that it will open the door to a new world. What’s more, I often met many abstract concepts in my study, and it was difficult to understand them. I have heard that metaphor in this book can concretize abstract concepts. I want to learn this method and use metaphorical thinking to help understand abstract concepts in the future to improve learning efficiency.