Tag: metaphors
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Society needs flu medicine
From taking a glance at the English language it is surprising to discover exactly how many of the phrases we use to communicate are conceptual metaphors. Understanding things in the context of others is nothing new, but discovering exactly how often we use conceptual metaphors (by imagining the English language without them) is new to…
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Conceptual Metaphors
For North Americans whose first language is English, we utilize conceptual metaphors in our everyday speech in order to relate ideas and events. A lot of times we speak as if our Behavior is a Play. For example, when someone is behaving childishly, we normally tell them to, Act their own age. This may represent in…
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The Backbone of Language: Conceptual Metaphors
As I began to ponder on the idea of conceptual metaphors in English, I followed the path of poetry, around the gate of knowledge, to the intersection of thought. 1. “For Love is immortality.” My favorite poet, Emily Dickinson, has a number of poems concerning love. In one of her brilliant poems Unable Are The Loved To…