SECOND DRAFT COPY Master Metaphor List - Alan Schwartz

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SECOND DRAFT COPY
Master Metaphor List
First Edition Compiled By
George Lakoff, Jane Espenson, and Adele Goldberg
August, 1989
Second Edition Compiled By
George Lakoff, Jane Espenson, and Alan Schwartz
Cognitive Linguistics Group
University of California at Berkeley
October, 1991
This is the second attempt to compile in one place the results of metaphor research since
the publication of Reddy’s ‘‘The Conduit Metaphor’’ and Lakoff and Johnson’s
Metaphors We Live By. This list is a compilation taken from published books and papers,
student papers at Berkeley and elsewhere, and research seminars. This represents perhaps
20 percent (a very rough estimate) of the material we have that needs to be compiled.
‘Compiling’ includes reanalyzing the metaphors and fitting them into something resem-
bling a uniform format. The present list is anything but a finished product. This catalog is
not intended to be definitive in any way. It is simply what happens to have been cata-
logued by volunteer labor by the date of distribution. We are making it available to stu-
dents and colleagues in the hope that they can improve upon it and use it as a place to
begin further research.
We expect to have subsequent drafts appearing at regular intervals. Readers are encour-
aged to submit ideas for additions and revisions.
Because of the size and complexity of the list, we have included a number of features to
make using it easier. The Table of Contents at the beginning of the catalog lists the files
in each of the four sections in the order in which they appear. At the beginning of each
section is a brief description of the metaphors contained within. Finally, an alphabetized
indexof metaphor names has been provided.
Table of Contents
EVENT STRUCTURE pp.1-79
EventStructure
EventStructLoc
EventStructObj
Attributes
States
Properties
Change
Causation
CausationLoc
CausationObj
CausalComm
Action
ActionLoc
ActionObj
LongtermAction
ExternalEvents
ActingOn
Harm
HarmLoc
HarmObj
Comparison
LinearScales
Competition
Opportunities
Existence
Creation
Conditions
Difficulties
Time
MENTAL EVENTS pp. 80-139
Mental
MentalAdversary
MentalFood
MentalImage
MentalLoc
MentalObj
MentalMisc
MiscIdeas
Beliefs
Theories
Debate
Communication
Logic
Perception
PsychologicalForces
Rationality
Research
OtherMental
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EMOTIONS pp.140-166
Emotion
Anger
Hope
Love
Lust
EmotionMisc
OTHER pp.167-212
Form
Force
Humor
Illness
Intoxication
LightDark
Machine
Money
Morality
People
Possession
Problems
RelationshipKinship
Responsibilities
Self
Society
INDEX
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EVENT STRUCTURE EVENT STRUCTURE
THE EVENT STRUCTURE METAPHORICAL SYSTEM
1. Attributes are Entities
Note:
’Attributes’ refers to States and Properties.
See File: Attributes
2. Attribution is Co-Location
Note:
Association of an entity and an attribute is understood as co-
location of that entity and that attribute. (Eitherlocation
at a place, or possession of an object.)
3. Change is Relative Motion
Note:
Change is Motion of the entity and attribute relative toeach
other. See File: Change
4. Causation is Control over Relative Location
Note:
See File: Causation
5. Purposes are Desired Co-Locational Relations
Note:
’Desired Co-Locational Relations’ include desired
locations and desired objects.
Special case 1: EVENT STRUCTURE (LOCATION CASE)
Note:
See The File For This Metaphor: EventStructLoc
Special sub-case 1: States are Locations
Special sub-case 2: Change is Motion
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EVENT STRUCTURE EVENT STRUCTURE
Special sub-case 3: Causation is Control Over an Entity Relative to a
Location
Special case 2: EVENT STRUCTURE (OBJECT CASE)
Note:
See the File For This Metaphor: EventStructObj
Special sub-case 1: Properties are Possessions
Special sub-case 2: Change is Getting/Losing
Special sub-case 3: Causation is Control Over an Object Relative to a
Possessor
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EVENT STRUCTURE Event Structure (Location)
EVENT STRUCTURE (LOCATION CASE)
Note:
In this large metaphorical system we understand various aspects
of being and acting as interaction between an entity and a landscape.
STATES ARE LOCATIONS
Note:
See File on this Metaphor: States
Source Domain: locations
Target Domain: states
CHANGE IS MOTION
Alternate names: CHANGE OF STATE IS CHANGE OF LOCA-
TION
Source Domain: motion, change of location
Target Domain: change of state, change
Note:
See File on this Metaphor: Change
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EVENT STRUCTURE Event Structure (Location)
CAUSATION IS CONTROL OVER AN ENTITY RELATIVE TO A LOCA-
TION
Alternate names: CAUSED CHANGE IS FORCED MOTION
1. MEANS OF CHANGE IS PATH OVER WHICH MOTION OCCURS
2. NECESSARY PREREQUISITE FOR CHANGE IS SOURCE OF
MOVING ENTITY
Note:
See File on These Metaphors: CausationLoc
SELF-INITIATED CHANGE OF STATE IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION
Alternate names: ACTING IS MOVING
Note:
Giventhat change is motion to a newstate, and that
causation is control overanentity relative toalocation,
then if an action is conceptualized as self-caused change
to a newstate then this action is understood as self-
propelled motion to the newlocation:
He exercised to the point of exhaustion.
Note:
See File on This Metaphor: Action
LONGTERM PURPOSEFUL CHANGE IS A JOURNEY
Note:
See File: LongtermAction
Note:
Formetaphors involving the interaction between
apurposeful actor and external events see the file:
ExternalEvents
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EVENT STRUCTURE Event Structure (Object)
EVENT STRUCTURE (OBJECT CASE)
Note:
In this large metaphorical system we understand various aspects
of being and acting as interaction between an entity and an object.
PROPERTIES ARE POSSESSIONS
She has a pleasant disposition.
Note:
See File on This Metaphor: Properties
CHANGE IS GETTING/LOSING
1. Getting a Property is Getting a Possession
2. Losing a Property is Losing a Possession
3. Regaing a Property is Regaining a Possession
4. Purposes are Desired Possessions
Note:
See File on This Metaphor: Change
CAUSATION IS CONTROL OVER AN OBJECT RELATIVE TO A POS-
SESSOR
Note:
See File For This Metaphor: CausationObj
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EVENT STRUCTURE Attributes
ATTRIBUTES ARE ENTITIES
Source Domain: objects
Target Domain: attributes
Special case 1: STATES ARE LOCATIONS
Note:
See File on this Metaphor: States
Special case 2: PROPERTIES ARE POSSESSIONS
Note:
See File on this Metaphor: Properties
Note:
This is a highly abstract mapping. It is intended to
reflect the structure held in common between
STATES ARE LOCATIONS and PROPERTIES ARE POSSESSION.
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