Metaphors We Live by by Mark Johnson
Published 1980 · 72,875 words · about 6 hours at an average pace
How hard is Metaphors We Live by to read?
Metaphors We Live by scores 60 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 62 out of 100
- Linguistic and philosophical terminology throughout.
- Sentence structure: 55 out of 100
- Clear, well-organised academic sentences.
- Abstraction: 78 out of 100
- Conceptual structure treated as the subject.
- Information density: 72 out of 100
- Hundreds of examples marshalled into a single theory.
How Metaphors We Live by is regarded
Metaphors We Live by holds a literary regard score of 82 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.