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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ECONOMY IS A BODY +	Composed/complex  +
ECONOMY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE +	Composed/complex  +
ECONOMY IS A MACHINE +	Composed/complex  +
EDUCATION IS A RESOURCE +	Primary  +
EDUCATION IS COMPONENT OF BUILDING +	Composed/complex  +
EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IS GAMBLING +	Composed/complex  +
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A HEALTHY BODY +	Entailed  +
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A STRONG BUILDING +	Composed/complex  +, Entailed  +
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A WELL-FUNCTIONING MACHINE +	Composed/complex  +, Entailed  +
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IS A WELL-MANAGED BUSINESS +	Composed/complex  +, Entailed  +
EFFECTS ARE TRANSFERRED OBJECTS +	Primary  +
EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IS A LEAN BODY +	Composed/complex  +, Entailed  +
ELECTION IS A BOXING MATCH +	Composed/complex  +
ELECTION IS A GAME +	Composed/complex  +
ELECTION IS A RACE +	Composed/complex  +
ELECTION IS WAR +	Composed/complex  +
EMOTION IS PRESSURE IN A CONTAINER +	Primary  +, Composed/complex  +
EMOTIONAL INTENSITY IS TEMPERATURE +	Primary  +
EMOTIONAL INTIMACY IS PHYSICAL PROXIMITY +	Primary  +
EMOTIONALLY INDIFFERENT IS COLD +	Primary  +, Entailed  +
EMOTIONALLY INTENSE IS HOT +	Primary  +, Entailed  +
EMOTIONALLY MILD IS EXPERIENCING MILD TEMPERATURE +	Primary  +, Entailed  +
EMOTIONS ARE OBJECTS +	Primary  +
EMOTIONS ARE SUBSTANCES +	Composed/complex  +
ENACTING LEGISLATION IS CAUSING MOTION ALONG A PATH +	Composed/complex  +
END OF AN ACTION IS THE END OF A PATH +	Primary  +, Entailed  +
ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS ARE LEECHES +	Composed/complex  +
ENVIRONMENTAL HARM IS PHYSICAL INJURY +	Primary  +
ESSENTIAL IS INTERNAL +	Primary  +
EVENTS ARE OBJECTS +	Primary  +
EVIL IS DARK +	Primary  +, Composed/complex  +, Entailed  +
EXISTENCE IS VISIBILITY +	Primary  +
EXISTING IS BEING PHYSICALLY AT THIS LOCATION +	Primary  +
EXPERIENCE OF A STATE IS SPATIAL RELATION WITH AN ENTITY +	Primary  +
EXPERIENCING A NEGATIVE STATE IS EXPERIENCING HARM +	Composed/complex  +
EXPERIENCING A STATE IS BEING AT A LOCATION +	Primary  +
EXPERIENCING A STATE IS POSSESSING AN OBJECT +	Primary  +
EXPLOITATION OF RESOURCES IS A PARASITIC INFECTION +	Composed/complex  +
EXTENT OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS EXTENT OF AFFLICTION +	Composed/complex  +
F
FERVENT ADVOCACY IS INSANITY +	Composed/complex  +
FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE PHYSICAL RESOURCES +	Composed/complex  +
FORCE TRANSFER IS OBJECT TRANSFER +	Primary  +
FORMING WORDS IS SHAPING +	Entailed  +
FREEDOM IS A VALUABLE POSSESSION +	Composed/complex  +
FREEDOM OF ACTION IS THE LACK OF IMPEDIMENTS TO MOVEMENT +	Entailed  +
FULLY COMMUNICATING A SEQUENCE OF THOUGHT IS SPELLING +	Composed/complex  +
FUNCTIONALITY IS VERTICALITY +	Primary  +
FUTURE IS AHEAD +	Primary  +, Entailed  +
G
GAINING POWER IS GAINING A POSSESSION +	Composed/complex  +, Entailed  +
GOODNESS IS LIGHT +	Primary  +, Composed/complex  +

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