Metaphor:WORDS ARE CONTAINERS

Name Gloss	WORDS ARE CONTAINERS
Name Transcription
Aliases	WORDS ARE CONTAINERS FOR MEANING LINGUISTIC EXPRESSIONS ARE CONTAINERS (FOR MEANING)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Containing Roles:container, contents, contents_location, container_capacity, fullness_degree
Target Frame	Word Roles:word_form, word_meaning, referent

Mappings:

word_form	<=	container

word_meaning	<=	contents

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	WORDS ARE CONTAINERS
Relation Type	is a mapping within
Related Metaphor	COMMUNICATING IS OBJECT TRANSFER
Description

Current Metaphor	WORDS ARE CONTAINERS
Relation Type	is related to
Related Metaphor	IDEAS ARE OBJECTS
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	ability to understand word meaning
Source Inference	ability to access contents
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	amount of meaning
Source Inference	amount of contents
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	That remark is completely impenetrable.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Reddy (1979)
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	Whatever Emily meant, it's likely to be locked up in that cryptic little verse forever.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Reddy (1979)
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	He writes sentences in such a way as to seal up the meaning in them.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Reddy (1979)
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Word" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Word" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="Communication" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Communication" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="FORMING WORDS IS SHAPING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:FORMING_WORDS_IS_SHAPING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="WORDS ARE CONTAINERS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:WORDS_ARE_CONTAINERS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n3 [label="COMMUNICATING IS OBJECT TRANSFER" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:COMMUNICATING_IS_OBJECT_TRANSFER" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n3 [label = "is a mapping within" fontsize="8.0" color="brown" ]; n4 [label="IDEAS ARE OBJECTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:IDEAS_ARE_OBJECTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n4 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Building" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Building" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Containing" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Containing" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Fluid containment" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Fluid_containment" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Vehicle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Vehicle" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Trajector landmark" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trajector_landmark" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n7 [label="Containment" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Containment" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n7 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }