Metaphor:COMMUNICATING IS POINTING

Name Gloss	COMMUNICATING IS POINTING
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis	Pointing to something draws the person's attention to that thing, and thereby attunes that person to the same object that the pointing person is attuned to.

Source Frame	Cause_to_perceive Roles:
Target Frame	Communication Roles:communicator, addressee, message, topic, medium

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	COMMUNICATING IS POINTING
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	COMMUNICATING IS SHOWING
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	He pointed out that global warming is real.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	The Political Mind, p. 7
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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