Metaphor:LIFE IS A JOURNEY
Aliases | HUMAN LIFE IS A JOURNEY (Kovecses, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction,9) |
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Description | |
Metaphor Level | General |
Metaphor Type | Composed/complex |
Experiential Basis |
Source Frame | Journey Roles:
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Target Frame | Life Roles:
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Mappings:
life_liver | <= | journeyer |
life_span | <= | journey_event |
main_life_goal | <= | journey_destination |
short_term_life_goals | <= | journey_stops |
course_of_life | <= | path_traced_by_sequence_of_motion |
life_stages | <= | locations_along_journey |
life_difficulties | <= | journey_difficulties |
lifestyle | <= | manner_of_journey |
life_companion | <= | journey_companion |
relationships_in_life | <= | vehicles_in_journey |
Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | LIFE IS A JOURNEY |
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Relation Type | is in some target relation to |
Related Metaphor | ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP IS A JOURNEY |
Description | activated |
Current Metaphor | LIFE IS A JOURNEY |
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Relation Type | is both a source and target subcase of |
Related Metaphor | ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH |
Description |
Current Metaphor | LIFE IS A JOURNEY |
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Relation Type | makes use of |
Related Metaphor | VIRTUAL MOTION IS ACTUAL MOTION |
Description |
Current Metaphor | LIFE IS A JOURNEY |
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Relation Type | is a source subcase of |
Related Metaphor | LIFE IS A SEQUENCE OF MOTIONS |
Description |
Current Metaphor | LIFE IS A JOURNEY |
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Relation Type | is related to |
Related Metaphor | COURSE OF A LIFE IS THE PATH TRACED BY A SEQUENCE OF MOTIONS |
Description | The course of life is created by fictive motion metaphor; the course of life is an ontological metaphor – there is an entity created |
Current Metaphor | LIFE IS A JOURNEY |
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Relation Type | is both a source and target subcase of |
Related Metaphor | PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION |
Description |
Current Metaphor | LIFE IS A JOURNEY |
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Relation Type | makes use of |
Related Metaphor | RELATIONSHIP IS A BOUNDED REGION IN SPACE |
Description |
Entailments:
Target Entailment | A purposeful life. |
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Source Inference | Sequence of motions towards a destination in a journey. |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | PURPOSE IN LIFE IS DESTINATION IN A JOURNEY |
Examples:
Example Text: | She hasn't gone as far in life as her parents had hoped. |
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Provenance: | Grady 1998:113 |
Example Text: | His life has taken a good course. |
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Provenance: | Grady 1998:113 |
Example Text: | I go where my path leads me. |
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Provenance: | Grady 1998:113 |
Example Text: | I go where my path leads me. |
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Provenance: | Grady 1998:113 |
Example Text: | As I've traveled through life, I've made a lot of friends along the way. |
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Provenance: | Grady 1998:113 |
Example Text: | He has changed his direction in life, and taken a more spiritual path. |
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Provenance: | Grady 1998:114 |
Graph of related metaphors:
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n2 -> n8 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n9 [label="VIRTUAL MOTION IS ACTUAL MOTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:VIRTUAL_MOTION_IS_ACTUAL_MOTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
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n2 -> n4 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n10 [label="COURSE OF A LIFE IS THE PATH TRACED BY A SEQUENCE OF MOTIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:COURSE_OF_A_LIFE_IS_THE_PATH_TRACED_BY_A_SEQUENCE_OF_MOTIONS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n2 -> n10 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n11 [label="PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:PURPOSEFUL_ACTION_IS_SELF-PROPELLED_MOTION_TO_A_DESTINATION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
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Entailment | A purposeful life. (Sequence of motions towards a destination in a journey., ?, PURPOSE IN LIFE IS DESTINATION IN A JOURNEY) + |
Example | English (She hasn't gone as far in life as her parents had hoped., ?, ?, Grady 1998:113, ?, ?, ?) +, English (His life has taken a good course., ?, ?, Grady 1998:113, ?, ?, ?) +, English (I go where my path leads me., ?, ?, Grady 1998:113, ?, ?, ?) +, English (As I've traveled through life, I've made a lot of friends along the way., ?, ?, Grady 1998:113, ?, ?, ?) + and English (He has changed his direction in life, and taken a more spiritual path., ?, ?, Grady 1998:114, ?, ?, ?) + |
Has source frame | Frame:Journey + |
Has target frame | Frame:Life + |
Mapping | life_liver (journeyer, ?) +, life_span (journey_event, ?) +, main_life_goal (journey_destination, ?) +, short_term_life_goals (journey_stops, ?) +, course_of_life (path_traced_by_sequence_of_motion, ?) +, life_stages (locations_along_journey, ?) +, life_difficulties (journey_difficulties, ?) +, lifestyle (manner_of_journey, ?) +, life_companion (journey_companion, ?) + and relationships_in_life (vehicles_in_journey, ?) + |
Metaphor.Alias | HUMAN LIFE IS A JOURNEY (Kovecses, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction) + |
Metaphor.Level | General + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Journey + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Life + |
Metaphor.Type | Composed/complex + |
Related metaphor | is in some target relation to (ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP IS A JOURNEY, activated) +, is both a source and target subcase of (ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH, ?) +, makes use of (VIRTUAL MOTION IS ACTUAL MOTION, ?) +, is a source subcase of (LIFE IS A SEQUENCE OF MOTIONS, ?) +, is related to (COURSE OF A LIFE IS THE PATH TRACED BY A SEQUENCE OF MOTIONS, The course of life is created by fictive motion metaphor) +, is both a source and target subcase of (PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION, ?) + and makes use of (RELATIONSHIP IS A BOUNDED REGION IN SPACE, ?) + |
Has subobject "Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct that allows to accumulate property-value assignments similar to that of a normal wiki page. | Metaphor:LIFE IS A JOURNEY#Is_example_of + |