Metaphor:TIME IS A LANDSCAPE THROUGH WHICH THE OBSERVER MOVES
Aliases | The Time Orientation Metaphor (PITF,140) |
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Description | |
Metaphor Level | General |
Metaphor Type | Primary |
Experiential Basis | As we move through space, we perceive time as elapsing. |
Source Frame | Motion along a path Roles:mover, motion_x-schema, source, path, goal, speed, direction, pathway, landmark
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Target Frame | Time Roles:unit, duration
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Mappings:
present_time | <= | location_of_observer |
past_time | <= | space_in_back_of_observer |
future_time | <= | space_in_front_of_observer |
Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | TIME IS A LANDSCAPE THROUGH WHICH THE OBSERVER MOVES |
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Relation Type | is in a dual relationship with |
Related Metaphor | TIME IS A MOVING OBJECT |
Description | Metaphoric duality relationship |
Current Metaphor | TIME IS A LANDSCAPE THROUGH WHICH THE OBSERVER MOVES |
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Relation Type | is a source subcase of |
Related Metaphor | NOW IS HERE |
Description |
Entailments:
Examples:
Example Text: | That's all behind us now. |
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Example Text: | You can't go back in time! |
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Example Text: | We're looking ahead to the future. |
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Example Text: | He has a great future in front of him. |
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Graph of related metaphors:
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n7 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="Motion away from a location" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Motion_away_from_a_location" fontsize="10.0" ];
n8 -> n2 [label = "is a perspective on" fontsize="8.0" ]; n9 [label="Motion to a location" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Motion_to_a_location" fontsize="10.0" ];
n9 -> n2 [label = "is a perspective on" fontsize="8.0" ]; n10 [label="Moving object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Moving_object" fontsize="10.0" ];
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n11 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n12 [label="Upward motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Upward_motion" fontsize="10.0" ];
n12 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n13 [label="Verticality" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Verticality" fontsize="10.0" ];
n13 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n14 [label="Motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Motion" fontsize="10.0" ];
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n2 -> n15 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n16 [label="Physical path" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_path" fontsize="10.0" ];
n2 -> n16 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }
Example | English (That's all behind us now., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (You can't go back in time!, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (We're looking ahead to the future., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) + and English (He has a great future in front of him., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) + |
Has source frame | Frame:Motion along a path + |
Has target frame | Frame:Time + |
Mapping | present_time (location_of_observer, ?) +, past_time (space_in_back_of_observer, ?) + and future_time (space_in_front_of_observer, ?) + |
Metaphor.Alias | The Time Orientation Metaphor (PITF) + |
Metaphor.Experiential basis | As we move through space, we perceive time as elapsing. + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Level | General + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Motion along a path + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Time + |
Metaphor.Type | Primary + |
Related metaphor | is in a dual relationship with (TIME IS A MOVING OBJECT, Metaphoric duality relationship) + and is a source subcase of (NOW IS HERE, ?) + |
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:TIME IS A LANDSCAPE THROUGH WHICH THE OBSERVER MOVES#Is_example_of + |