Metaphor:ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION
Aliases | PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS PURPOSES ARE PHYSICAL GOALS (Johnson) |
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Description | DEMO. |
Metaphor Level | |
Metaphor Type | Primary, Entailed |
Experiential Basis |
Source Frame | Self propelled motion to a destination Roles:self-mover, self-motion_x-schema, source, path, goal
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Target Frame | Purposeful action Roles:actor, action_x-schema, objective, action_type, effector, effort
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Mappings:
actor | <= | self-mover |
action_x-schema | <= | self-motion_x-schema |
action_x-schema.final = achieving purpose; self-motion.x-schema.final = reaching destination |
purpose | <= | destination |
Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION |
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Relation Type | makes use of |
Related Metaphor | MEANS ARE PATHS |
Description |
Current Metaphor | ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION |
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Relation Type | is an entailment of |
Related Metaphor | PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION |
Description |
Entailments:
Target Entailment | Different means of achieving a purpose |
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Source Inference | Different paths to reaching a destination |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | DIFFERENT MEANS OF ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS TO A DESTINATION |
Target Entailment | Lack of purpose |
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Source Inference | Lack of direction |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | Aids to achieving a purpose |
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Source Inference | Aids to reaching a destination |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | AIDS TO ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE AIDS TO REACHING A DESTINATION |
Examples:
Example Text: | We've reached the end. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (190) |
Example Text: | We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (190) |
Example Text: | We only have short way to go. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (190) |
Example Text: | We're where we wanted to go. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (190) |
Example Text: | The goal is a long way off. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (190) |
Example Text: | He is just floating around. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (190) |
Comments: | Lack of purpose is lack of direction |
Graph of related metaphors:
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Entailment | Different means of achieving a purpose (Different paths to reaching a destination, ?, DIFFERENT MEANS OF ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS TO A DESTINATION) +, Lack of purpose (Lack of direction, ?, ?) + and Aids to achieving a purpose (Aids to reaching a destination, ?, AIDS TO ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE AIDS TO REACHING A DESTINATION) + |
Example | English (We've reached the end., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) +, English (We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) +, English (We only have short way to go., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) +, English (We're where we wanted to go., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) +, English (The goal is a long way off., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) + and English (He is just floating around., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, Lack of purpose is lack of direction, ?) + |
Has description | DEMO. + |
Has source frame | Frame:Self propelled motion to a destination + |
Has target frame | Frame:Purposeful action + |
Mapping | actor (self-mover, ?) +, action_x-schema (self-motion_x-schema, action_x-schema.final = achieving purpose) + and purpose (destination, ?) + |
Metaphor.Alias | PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS (?) + and PURPOSES ARE PHYSICAL GOALS (Johnson) + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Self propelled motion to a destination + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Purposeful action + |
Metaphor.Type | Primary + and Entailed + |
Related metaphor | makes use of (MEANS ARE PATHS, ?) + and is an entailment of (PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION, ?) + |
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:ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION#Is_example_of + |