Metaphor:CERTAIN IS FIRM

Name Gloss	CERTAIN IS FIRM
Name Transcription
Aliases	CERTAIN IS FIRM (Grady (1998))
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Firmness Roles:firmness_entity, firmness_status, firmness_scale
Target Frame	Certainty Roles:

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Examples:

Example Text:	The plans for the trip have finally been firmed up.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Grady 1998
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Example Text:	Next year's budget is fairly solid at this point.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Grady 1998
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Firm" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Firm" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Firmness" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Firmness" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is a perspective on" fontsize="8.0" ]; n3 [label="Lax" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Lax" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is a perspective on" fontsize="8.0" ]; n4 [label="Scale" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Scale" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Condition of physical object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Condition_of_physical_object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Complex physical object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Complex_physical_object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }