Property:Metaphor.Type

This is a property of type String.

The allowed values for this property are:

• Primary
  • Both source and target are primary experiences. And these experiences are correlated early on.
  • MORE IS UP, STATES ARE LOCATIONS
• Composed/complex:
  • LIFE IS A JOURNEY
• Entailed
  • ENTERING A STATE IS ARRIVING AT A DESTINATION (by STATES ARE LOCATIONS)

A primary metaphor is one that emerges directly from correlations in experience, as in MORE IS UP, PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS , (abstract) ORGANIZATION IS PHYSICAL STRUCTURE , PERSISTENCE IS BEING ERECT , and so on Several primary metaphors can be joined together to form complex metaphors, such as THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS , which is constituted by the last two primary metaphors.

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BEING IN A HIGH SOCIAL CLASS IS BEING HIGH ON A SCALE +	Composed/complex  +
BEING IN A LOW SOCIAL CLASS IS BEING LOW ON A SCALE +	Composed/complex  +
BEING IN A MIDDLE CLASS IS BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCALE +	Composed/complex  +
BEING WEALTHY IS BEING FREE +	Primary  +
BELIEFS ARE POSSESSIONS +	Primary  +
BUREAUCRACY IS A MACHINE +	Composed/complex  +
BUSINESSES ARE LIVING ENTITIES +	Primary  +
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CANCER IS A JOURNEY +	Composed/complex  +
CANCER IS PHYSICAL COMBAT +	Composed/complex  +
CANCER TREATMENT IS GAMBLING +	Composed/complex  +
CAREER IS A BUILDING +	Composed/complex  +
CAREER IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE +	Composed/complex  +
CATEGORIES ARE BOUNDED REGIONS +	Primary  +
CAUSATION IS AGENTIVE CAUSATION +	Primary  +
CAUSATION IS OBJECT TRANSFER +	Primary  +, Composed/complex  +
CAUSE INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS CAUSE UPWARD MOTION +	Primary  +, Entailed  +
CAUSED CHANGE OF STATE IS CAUSED CHANGE OF LOCATION +	Composed/complex  +, Entailed  +
CAUSED INABILITY TO ACT IS PREVENTION OF MOTION ALONG A PATH +	Entailed  +
CAUSES ARE FORCES +	Primary  +
CAUSING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IS CAUSING PHYSICAL HARM +	Composed/complex  +
CERTAIN IS FIRM +	Primary  +
CHANGE IN MOOD IS VERTICAL MOVEMENT +	Primary  +
CHANGE IS ACQUISITION +	Primary  +
CHANGE IS LOSS +	Composed/complex  +, Entailed  +
CHANGE OF STATE IS CHANGE OF POSSESSION +	Composed/complex  +
CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES +	Composed/complex  +
CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE SHIELDS FROM HARM +	Composed/complex  +
CITIZENS ARE SLAVES +	Composed/complex  +
CLASS INTERACTION IS PHYSICAL COMBAT +	Composed/complex  +
COGNIZING IS BODILY FUNCTIONING +	Primary  +
COGNIZING IS EATING +	Primary  +
COMMUNICATING IS DRAWING A PICTURE +	Composed/complex  +
COMMUNICATING IS FEEDING +	Primary  +
COMMUNICATING IS GUIDING +	Composed/complex  +
COMMUNICATING IS OBJECT TRANSFER +	Primary  +, Composed/complex  +
COMMUNICATING IS POINTING +	Primary  +
COMMUNICATING IS SHOWING +	Primary  +
COMMUNITY IS A FAMILY +	Composed/complex  +
COMPANY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE +	Composed/complex  +
COMPANY IS A FAMILY +	Composed/complex  +
COMPETITION IS A RACE +	Composed/complex  +
COMPLEX IDEAS ARE SENTENCES +	Composed/complex  +
COMPULSION IS A COMPELLING FORCE +	Primary  +
COMPUTERS ARE PEOPLE +	Composed/complex  +
CONSCIOUS IS UP +	Primary  +, Entailed  +
CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERTICALITY +	Primary  +
CONSTITUENTS ARE CONTENTS +	Primary  +
CONSUMING RESOURCES IS EATING +	Composed/complex  +
CONSUMING TOO MANY RESOURCES IS EATING TOO MUCH FOOD +	Entailed  +
CONTROL IS A BOUNDED REGION +	Primary  +

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