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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BEING IMPOVERISHED IS BEING AT A LOW LOCATION +	Specific  +
BEING IMPOVERISHED IS BEING IN A BOUNDED REGION +	Specific  +
BEING IN A HIGH SOCIAL CLASS IS BEING HIGH ON A SCALE +	Specific  +
BEING IN A LOW SOCIAL CLASS IS BEING LOW ON A SCALE +	General  +
BEING IN A MIDDLE CLASS IS BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCALE +	Specific  +
BEING IN A STATE IS BEING AT A POINT ON A LINEAR SCALE +	General  +
BEING WEALTHY IS BEING AT A HIGH LOCATION +	Specific  +
BEING WEALTHY IS BEING FREE +	Specific  +
BELIEFS ARE POSSESSIONS +	General  +
BODY IS A CONTAINER FOR EMOTIONS +	General  +
BUSINESSES ARE LIVING ENTITIES +	General  +
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CANCER IS A JOURNEY +	Specific  +
CANCER IS PHYSICAL COMBAT +	Specific  +
CANCER TREATMENT IS GAMBLING +	Specific  +
CAREER IS A BUILDING +	Specific  +
CAREER IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE +	General  +
CATEGORIES ARE BOUNDED REGIONS +	General  +
CAUSATION IS OBJECT TRANSFER +	General  +
CAUSE INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS CAUSE UPWARD MOTION +	General  +
CAUSED CHANGE OF STATE IS CAUSED CHANGE OF LOCATION +	General  +
CAUSED IMPOVERISHMENT IS CAUSED DOWNWARD MOTION +	Specific  +
CAUSED IMPROVED ECONOMIC STATUS IS CAUSED UPWARD MOTION +	Specific  +
CAUSING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IS CAUSING PHYSICAL HARM +	Specific  +
CERTAIN IS FIRM +	General  +
CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES +	General  +
CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE SHIELDS FROM HARM +	Specific  +
CLASS INTERACTION IS PHYSICAL COMBAT +	General  +
COGNIZING IS BODILY FUNCTIONING +	General  +
COGNIZING IS EATING +	General  +
COMMUNICATING IS DRAWING A PICTURE +	Specific  +
COMMUNICATING IS FEEDING +	General  +
COMMUNICATING IS GUIDING +	Specific  +
COMMUNICATING IS OBJECT TRANSFER +	General  +
COMMUNICATING IS POINTING +	General  +
COMMUNICATING IS SHOWING +	General  +
COMMUNITY IS A FAMILY +	General  +
COMPANY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE +	General  +
COMPANY IS A FAMILY +	General  +
COMPETITION IS A RACE +	General  +
COMPULSION IS A COMPELLING FORCE +	General  +
COMPUTERS ARE PEOPLE +	General  +
CONSCIOUS IS UP +	General  +
CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERTICALITY +	General  +
CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTS IS PLAYING A GAME +	Specific  +
CONSTITUENTS ARE CONTENTS +	General  +
CONSUMING RESOURCES IS EATING +	General  +
CONSUMING TOO MANY RESOURCES IS EATING TOO MUCH FOOD +	General  +
CONTROL IS A BOUNDED REGION +	General  +
CONTROL IS OBJECT MANIPULATION +	General  +
CONTROL IS PHYSICAL RESTRAINT +	General  +

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