Metaphor:QUANTITY IS VERTICALITY

Name Gloss	QUANTITY IS VERTICALITY
Name Transcription
Aliases	QUANTITY IS VERTICALITY MORE IS UP (Metaphors We Live By,15-16) QUANTITY IS VERTICAL ELEVATION (Grady (1998))
Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis	If you add more of a substance or of physical objects to a container or pile, the level goes up.

Source Frame	Verticality Roles:vertical_axis, verticality_scale, scalar_position, vertical_entity
Target Frame	Quantity Roles:entity, entity_amount, quantity_scale, measure_of_quantity

Mappings:

quantity_scale	<=	verticality_scale

measure_of_quantity	<=	scalar_position

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	QUANTITY IS VERTICALITY
Relation Type	makes use of
Related Metaphor	CHANGE OF STATE IS CHANGE OF LOCATION
Description	Increase and decrease of quantity is upwards and downwards movement.

Entailments:

Target Entailment	greater quantities
Source Inference	Higher point(s) along a vertical scale
Type of Inferential Structure	aligned scales
Entailed Metaphor(s)	MORE IS UP

Target Entailment	lesser quantities
Source Inference	Lower point(s) along a vertical scale
Type of Inferential Structure	aligned scales
Entailed Metaphor(s)	LESS IS DOWN

Examples:

Example Text:	The number of books printed each year keeps going up.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Metaphors We Live By (15)
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	His income fell last year.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Metaphors We Live By (15-16)
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

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n2 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Upward motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Upward_motion" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Vertical position" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Vertical_position" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Motion along a path" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Motion_along_a_path" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Scale" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Scale" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }