Elizabeth Sayrs, Narrative, Metaphor, and Conceptual Blending in "The Hanging Tree"
Example 4. "Location Event-Structure Metaphor" (George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, Philosophy in the Flesh, 179)
States Are Locations (interiors of
bounded regions in space)
Changes Are Movements (into or out of bounded regions) Causes Are Forces Causation Is Forced Movement (from one location to another) Actions Are Self-propelled Movements Purposes Are Destinations Means Are Paths (to destinations) Difficulties Are Impediments To Motion Freedom of Action Is The Lack Of Impediments To Motion External Events Are Large, Moving Objects (that exert force) Long-term, Purposeful Activities Are Journeys |