Book contents
- Metaphors in the Mind
- Metaphors in the Mind
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 ‘I Am Trying to Climb Everest in Flip-Flops.’
- 2 ‘Would You Prefer a Pencil or an Antiseptic Wipe?’
- 3 ‘I’m Running on This Soapy Conveyor Belt with People Throwing Wet Sponges at Me.’
- 4 ‘This One Sounds Like A Bell and This One Sounds Like When You’re Dead.’
- 5 ‘I Did Not Know Where I Started and Where I Ended.’
- 6 ‘Those Cookies Tasted of Regret and Rotting Flesh.’
- 7 ‘Things Come Out of My Mouth That Shouldn’t Be There.’
- 8 ‘This Is My Body Which Will Be Given Up for You.’
- 9 ‘Malodorous Blacksmiths and Lazy Livers.’
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
3 - ‘I’m Running on This Soapy Conveyor Belt with People Throwing Wet Sponges at Me.’
Which Metaphors Are Embodied and When?Variation According to Type, Function and Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2019
- Metaphors in the Mind
- Metaphors in the Mind
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 ‘I Am Trying to Climb Everest in Flip-Flops.’
- 2 ‘Would You Prefer a Pencil or an Antiseptic Wipe?’
- 3 ‘I’m Running on This Soapy Conveyor Belt with People Throwing Wet Sponges at Me.’
- 4 ‘This One Sounds Like A Bell and This One Sounds Like When You’re Dead.’
- 5 ‘I Did Not Know Where I Started and Where I Ended.’
- 6 ‘Those Cookies Tasted of Regret and Rotting Flesh.’
- 7 ‘Things Come Out of My Mouth That Shouldn’t Be There.’
- 8 ‘This Is My Body Which Will Be Given Up for You.’
- 9 ‘Malodorous Blacksmiths and Lazy Livers.’
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 3 focuses on intrinsic features and contextual factors that are likely to shape the degree to which a metaphor is experienced on a physical level. The intrinsic features are the degree of novelty of the metaphor, the amount of emotion that is involved, the extent to which the metaphor describes motion and the perspective from which it is viewed. I show how these factors have been found to shape the extent to which the motor cortex and the emotional centres of the brain are stimulated. The contextual factors include the physical environment and the genre and register in which the metaphor is used.
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- Metaphors in the MindSources of Variation in Embodied Metaphor, pp. 54 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019