Metaphor:CHANGE IS ACQUISITION

Name Gloss	CHANGE IS ACQUISITION
Name Transcription
Aliases	CHANGE IS ACQUISITION (Philosophy in the Flesh,196) CHANGE OF STATE IS GAINING A POSSESSION
Description	In this metaphor, the onset of possessing an object (e.g. getting) is mapped to the onset of 'experiencing' a particular state
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Gain possession Roles:recipient, source, possessable_object, getting_x-schema
Target Frame	Change of state Roles:experiencer, initial_state, transition, final_state, state_change_process, standard, state

Mappings:

experiencer	<=	recipient

final_state	<=	possession

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	CHANGE IS ACQUISITION
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	CHANGE OF STATE IS CHANGE OF POSSESSION
Description	perspective of

Entailments:

Target Entailment	at initial stage, experiencer does not experience state
Source Inference	at intitial stage, possessor does not possess object
Type of Inferential Structure	x-schema stage alignment
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	at final stage, experiencer experiences state
Source Inference	at final stage, possessor possesses object
Type of Inferential Structure	x-schema stage alignment
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	I got a headache.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	PITF, p. 196
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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