Metaphor:LEARNING IS ACQUIRING

Name Gloss	LEARNING IS ACQUIRING
Name Transcription
Aliases	LEARNING IS ACQUIRING (Grady (1998),127)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis	A correlation between physically possessing an object and having access to it in other senses, to manipulate it, to examine it, and use it.

Source Frame	Gain possession Roles:recipient, source, possessable_object, getting_x-schema
Target Frame	Learning Roles:learner, learned_material, source_of_learning, purpose_of_learning, learning_x-schema

Mappings:

learner	<=	recipient

learned_material	<=	possession

learning_x-schema	<=	getting_x-schema

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	LEARNING IS ACQUIRING
Relation Type	is related to
Related Metaphor	IDEAS ARE POSSESSIONS
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Example Text:	This gives me a great idea!
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Example Text:	I got a much better idea of what was going on after the last meeting.
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Example Text:	She had acquired an intimate knowledge of the terrain, which now helped her to travel quickly.
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Provenance:	Grady 1998:124
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Example Text:	Her experience gave her a great deal of knowledge.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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