Are we engendering morality by saying its strict fathers? Does that make mothers nurturing. #DadsTakingOffense #LRA14
Are we engendering morality by saying its strict fathers? Does that make mothers nurturing. #DadsTakingOffense #LRA14
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RT @brownellcassie: It's official. #LRA14 is my fave conference of the year. #fangirl-ing all over the place #literacy #celebrities #yolophd
RT @brownellcassie: It's official. #LRA14 is my fave conference of the year. #fangirl-ing all over the place #literacy #celebrities #yolophd
Greg McVerryThis is why I am uncomfortable with ideas of critical thinking or higher order thinking. Thinking is a physical act. Just thinking #LRA14
This is why I am uncomfortable with ideas of critical thinking or higher order thinking. Thinking is a physical act. Just thinking #LRA14
Greg McVerryLakoff answers my question about race and morality. Just needed to wait. #LRA14
Lakoff answers my question about race and morality. Just needed to wait. #LRA14
Greg McVerryRT @kongji_qin: Had a great LRA conference at Marco Island! LRA is my home now #lra14
RT @kongji_qin: Had a great LRA conference at Marco Island! LRA is my home now #lra14
Greg McVerry@AndreaZellner r u here?
@AndreaZellner r u here?
Greg McVerry"You can't move universal metaphors bc they are bound together in the brain." Never thought Bout embodied cognition this way. #LRA14
"You can't move universal metaphors bc they are bound together in the brain." Never thought Bout embodied cognition this way. #LRA14
Greg McVerryRT @sbotzakis: Is that cool? asks @GeorgeLakoff. Yes, yes it is! #lra14 #plenary
RT @sbotzakis: Is that cool? asks @GeorgeLakoff. Yes, yes it is! #lra14 #plenary
Greg McVerryAre there issues of race with idea that the metaphor for morality is purity? Or is morality situational and the metaphor universal. #LRA14
Are there issues of race with idea that the metaphor for morality is purity? Or is morality situational and the metaphor universal. #LRA14
Greg McVerry@GeorgeLakoff The metaphors of emotions depend on the physicality of emotions. Thats emobodied as hell. #LRA14
@GeorgeLakoff The metaphors of emotions depend on the physicality of emotions. Thats emobodied as hell. #LRA14
Greg McVerryRT @LitProfSuz: #LRA14 Lakoff can't undrstnd anything brain isn't structured 2 perceive.Lang. provides 1 structure.W/o the lang 2 describe,…
RT @LitProfSuz: #LRA14 Lakoff can't undrstnd anything brain isn't structured 2 perceive.Lang. provides 1 structure.W/o the lang 2 describe,…
Greg McVerryWe have thousands of metaphors we use and hundreds of metaphors are learned before language. #LRA14
We have thousands of metaphors we use and hundreds of metaphors are learned before language. #LRA14
Greg McVerryidea from @GeorgeLakoff tjat morality isn't ambiguous is tough to understand though language as a topographic map resonates with me #LRA14
idea from @GeorgeLakoff tjat morality isn't ambiguous is tough to understand though language as a topographic map resonates with me #LRA14
Greg McVerry@GeorgeLakoff "you can't understand anything the brain will not let you understand." #LRA14
@GeorgeLakoff "you can't understand anything the brain will not let you understand." #LRA14
Greg McVerryRT @hickstro: @GeorgeLakoff In motor control, the highest level of actions and events are structured in the same way in all languages. #lra…
RT @hickstro: @GeorgeLakoff In motor control, the highest level of actions and events are structured in the same way in all languages. #lra…
Greg McVerryRT @nathancphillips: .@GeorgeLakoff: There is no color in the world. Beauty in the world is created between us and the environment. #lra14
RT @nathancphillips: .@GeorgeLakoff: There is no color in the world. Beauty in the world is created between us and the environment. #lra14
Greg McVerryEvery language in the world describes events through expatation. #LRA14
Every language in the world describes events through expatation. #LRA14
Greg McVerryRT @Visually: We're hiring! Join our team as the director of UI/UX or frontend web developer: http://ow.ly/FkizW
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Greg McVerryAs someone who gets colors wrong all the time itsnice to hear Lakoff mention color doesn't exist. #YesMyWifeDressesMe #LRA14
As someone who gets colors wrong all the time itsnice to hear Lakoff mention color doesn't exist. #YesMyWifeDressesMe #LRA14
Greg McVerry@GeorgeLakoff "we are born with 500 billion neurons and by the time we are five half our dead. Early childhood matters." #LRA14
@GeorgeLakoff "we are born with 500 billion neurons and by the time we are five half our dead. Early childhood matters." #LRA14
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