Metaphor:KNOWING IS TOUCHING

Name Gloss	KNOWING IS TOUCHING
Name Transcription
Aliases	KNOWING IS TOUCHING (George Lakoff)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Touching Roles:toucher, touched_thing, sense_of_touch, touch_input, touch_bodypart
Target Frame	Knowing Roles:knower, knowledge, knowing_x-schema, knowledge_capacity, knowledge_status

Mappings:

knower	<=	toucher

knowing_x-schema	<=	touching_x-schema

mind	<=	limbs

idea	<=	object

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	KNOWING IS TOUCHING
Relation Type	has as transitive subpart 1
Related Metaphor	SEEING IS TOUCHING
Description

Current Metaphor	KNOWING IS TOUCHING
Relation Type	has as transitive subpart 2
Related Metaphor	KNOWING IS SEEING
Description

Current Metaphor	KNOWING IS TOUCHING
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	KNOWING IS PERCEIVING
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	I've almost got an idea, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Transcription:
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Example Text:	I could never put my finger on what the problem was. I felt crazy at times and there were so many times that I would approach him with a very well-thought out ...
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	www.searchquotes.com/search/Put_My_Finger_On_The_Trigger/
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Understanding" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Understanding" fontsize="10.0" ];

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n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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n1 -> n4 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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n2 -> n3 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ];

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