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eschews poetical words similes ormetaphorsits true endeavour is to
eschews poetical words similes ormetaphorspreferring to deal in concrete
might suggest that the rootmetaphorsof a language will reveal
may also be revealing rootmetaphorsof this kind are not
root or conceptual or systematicmetaphorsthese occur when one domain
i thought might exhibit rootmetaphorswith a view to comparing
one might take the pervasivemetaphorsderived from the human body
shared vocabulary of consistently derivedmetaphorsin order to communicate our
plays about very playfully withmetaphorsfor sexual congress the rising
because it plays about withmetaphorsfor sexual congress the rising
can be exploited in furthermetaphorsthus to express the abstract
modern english in fact collectingmetaphorswhile proofreading proved not to
of type a the continuousmetaphorsa few examples of type
johnson distinguish two types ofmetaphorsthe first of these is
basic and apparently unremarkable suchmetaphorsare of considerable linguistic interest
three potentially interesting kinds ofmetaphorsa those which seem to
material world given that suchmetaphorsexist it is interesting to
a good idea since themetaphorswere so much more interesting
undermined by the intrusion ofmetaphorswhich seem out of keeping
we exclude such sophisticated modernmetaphorsas the stock exchange is
metaphor itself remains strong familiarmetaphorscan also be seen if
far as i know suchmetaphorsare not present in ne
whether there are any commonmetaphorsin such cases it is
are doing so such everydaymetaphorslack the property of the
further and say that suchmetaphorsmay even dictate our behaviour
arms of the sea suchmetaphorsneed not be wholly logical
or dead people use suchmetaphorswithout appreciating or caring that
which might be called relexicalisedmetaphorsand very few instances of
in which one can collectmetaphorsthe first might be called
there is a group ofmetaphorsfor the body based on
may be startling e gmetaphorspersonifications and other figures of
will hear many other significantmetaphorsas i proceed not because
influential books of recent yearsmetaphorswe live by by george
hus house sele hall similarmetaphorsare found in the way
of semantics and note themetaphorsin that sentence it s

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