Property:Metaphor.Level

This is a property of type String.

The allowed values for this property are:

• General
• Specific

Specific-level metaphors occupy a low level on a scale of generality on which conceptual metaphors can be placed. They are composed of specifi c-level source and target domains. Specific-level metaphors are instantiations, or special cases, of generic-level ones. Thus, the metaphor ANGER IS A HOT FLUID IN A CONTAINER is an instantiation, or special case, of the generic-level metaphor EMOTIONS ARE FORCES.

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ABILITY TO EVALUATE GOVERNMENT IS ABILITY TO SEE +	Specific  +
ABILITY TO EVALUATE IS ABILITY TO SEE +	General  +
ABILITY TO KNOW IS ABILITY TO SEE +	General  +
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE IS ACCESS TO AN OBJECT +	General  +
ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS ACQUIRING A DESIRED OBJECT +	General  +
ACHIEVING GUN RIGHTS IS REACHING A DESTINATION +	Specific  +
ACQUIRING IDEAS IS EATING +	General  +
ACTION IS BEING IN A LOCATION +	General  +
ACTION IS MOTION +	General  +
ACTION IS MOTION ALONG A PATH +	General  +
ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH +	General  +
ADDRESSING CRIME IS CONTROLLING AN ANIMAL +	Specific  +
ADDRESSING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IS TREATING AN ILLNESS +	Specific  +
ADDRESSING POVERTY IS TREATING AN ILLNESS +	Specific  +
ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS TREATING A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION +	Specific  +
ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS TREATING AN ILLNESS +	General  +
ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WAGING WAR +	General  +
ADVOCATING GUN CONTROL IS INSANITY +	Specific  +
ADVOCATING GUN CONTROL IS ZEALOTRY +	General  +
AFFECTION IS WARMTH +	General  +
AGREEMENT IS PHYSICAL PROXIMITY +	General  +
AIDS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS ARE TICKETS TO A DESTINATION +	Specific  +
AIDS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS AID TO UPWARD MOTION +	Specific  +
AIDS TO USING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE AIDS TO ACCESSING LOCATIONS ALONG A PATH +	Specific  +
ALTERNATIVES ARE DIFFERENT AVAILABLE PATHS +	General  +
AMOUNT OF GUN VIOLENCE IS A FLUID +	Specific  +
AMOUNT OF GUNS IS A FLUID +	Specific  +
AMOUNT OF POVERTY IS SIZE +	Specific  +
AMOUNT OF POVERTY IS SIZE OF GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE +	Specific  +
AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IS AMOUNT OF DISTANCE MOVED +	General  +
AMOUNT OF PROGRESS TOWARD ENACTING LEGISLATION IS DISTANCE MOVED ALONG A PATH +	Specific  +
AMOUNT OF RESOURCE IS BODY WEIGHT +	General  +
ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS DIAGNOSIS OF AFFLICTION +	Specific  +
ANALYZING IS DISSECTING +	Specific  +
ANGER IS FIRE +	General  +
ANGER IS HEAT +	General  +
ANGER IS INSANITY +	General  +
ANGER IS PRESSURE IN A CONTAINER +	General  +
ANGER IS THE HEAT OF FLUID IN A CONTAINER +	General  +
ARGUMENT IS PHYSICAL COMBAT +	General  +
ARITHMETIC IS OBJECT CONSTRUCTION +	General  +
ASSESSING IS MEASURING +	General  +
ASSISTANCE IS SUPPORT +	General  +
ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS +	General  +
AUGMENTING ECONOMIC ASSETS IS CREATING OBJECTS +	Specific  +
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BAD IS STINKY +	General  +
BECOMING IMPOVERISHED IS MOVING DOWNWARDS +	Specific  +
BEING ALIVE IS BEING PHYSICALLY AT THIS LOCATION +	General  +
BEING GOOD IS BEING UPRIGHT +	General  +
BEING IMMORAL IS BEING LOW +	General  +

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