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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C
CONTROL IS UP +	General  +
COOPERATIVE NATIONS ARE GOOD CITIZENS +	Specific  +
CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE +	General  +
CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS +	General  +
CORRUPTION IS A DISEASE +	General  +
CORRUPTION IS DECAY +	General  +
CREATING A LAW IS GROWING A PLANT +	Specific  +
CREATING IS MAKING +	General  +
CRIME IS A DISEASE +	General  +
CRIME IS AN ANIMAL +	Specific  +
CRITICIZING IS ATTACKING +	General  +
D
DEBT IS PHYSICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION +	Specific  +
DECREASE IN QUANTITY IS DOWNWARD MOTION +	General  +
DEGREE IS DISTANCE ALONG A PATH +	General  +
DEGREE OF MORALITY IS PHYSICAL HEIGHT +	General  +
DEGREE OF SIMILARITY IS DEGREE OF PROXIMITY +	General  +
DESIRE IS HUNGER +	General  +
DEVELOPING AN ATTRIBUTE IS CULTIVATION +	General  +
DIFFERENT MEANS OF ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS TO A DESTINATION +	General  +
DIFFERING IDEOLOGIES ARE ADVERSARIES +	General  +
DIFFICULTIES ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO MOVEMENT +	General  +
DIFFICULTIES IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION ALONG A PATH +	Specific  +
DIFFICULTIES IN ACTION ARE PHYSICAL BURDENS +	General  +
DIFFICULTIES IN PROGRESSING THROUGH LIFE ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION ALONG A PATH +	General  +
DIFFICULTY IS HARDNESS +	General  +
DIFFICULTY IS HEAVINESS +	General  +
DIFFICULTY IS PHYSICAL STRUGGLE +	General  +
DISEASE TREATMENT IS WAR +	General  +
DISEASES ARE BURDENS +	Specific  +
DISTINGUISHING IS DIVIDING +	General  +
DISTURBING IDEAS ARE DISGUSTING FOODS +	General  +
E
EASE OF ACTION IS EASE OF MOTION ALONG A PATH +	General  +
ECONOMIC RESOURCE IS A LIMITED NATURAL RESOURCE +	General  +
ECONOMIC RESOURCES ARE PHYSICAL ENTITIES +	General  +
ECONOMY IS A BODY +	General  +
ECONOMY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE +	General  +
ECONOMY IS A MACHINE +	General  +
EDUCATION IS COMPONENT OF BUILDING +	Specific  +
EFFECTS ARE TRANSFERRED OBJECTS +	General  +
ELECTION IS A GAME +	Specific  +
ELECTION IS A RACE +	Specific  +
ELECTION IS WAR +	Specific  +
EMOTION IS PRESSURE IN A CONTAINER +	General  +
EMOTIONAL INTENSITY IS TEMPERATURE +	General  +
EMOTIONAL INTIMACY IS PHYSICAL PROXIMITY +	General  +
EMOTIONALLY INDIFFERENT IS COLD +	General  +
EMOTIONALLY INTENSE IS HOT +	General  +
EMOTIONALLY MILD IS EXPERIENCING MILD TEMPERATURE +	General  +
EMOTIONS ARE OBJECTS +	General  +
EMOTIONS ARE SUBSTANCES +	General  +

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