Metaphor:IMPORTANCE IS WEIGHT

Name Gloss	IMPORTANCE IS WEIGHT
Name Transcription
Aliases	IMPORTANCE IS MASS (Grady (1998))
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Object Roles:object_entity, size, shape, substance, weight, object_interior, object_exterior_surface
Target Frame	Importance Roles:

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	IMPORTANCE IS WEIGHT
Relation Type	is in some source relation to
Related Metaphor	IMPORTANCE IS SIZE
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	That's a lightweight issue.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Grady (1998)
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	This is a substantive / substantial problem for us.
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English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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