Metaphor:PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOTION ALONG A PATH

Name Gloss	PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOTION ALONG A PATH
Name Transcription
Aliases	PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOTION PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOVEMENT
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary, Entailed
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Motion_along_a_path Roles:mover, motion_x-schema, source, path, goal, speed, direction, pathway, landmark
Target Frame	Action Roles:actor, action_x-schema, effector, effort

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Current Metaphor	PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOTION ALONG A PATH
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION
Description

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Example Text:	He hadn't made much headway in writing the termpaper.
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Example Text:	Let's keep moving forward on this experiment.
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Example Text:	I'm afraid I haven't gotten very far in grading the exams.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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