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Visual metaphors are a type of metaphor. There are two types: spatial metaphors and stylistic metaphors. [6] Spatial visual metaphors include where objects are located, their size, whether they are abstract or realistic, and how it is arranged in respect to other objects. Stylistic visual metaphors are more about how they look specifically.
The implications of this spatial metaphor in discourse on law can be seen in instances where the application of traditional laws governing real property are applied to Internet spaces. [10] However, arguments against this type of ruling have claimed that the Internet is a borderless space, which should not be subject to the laws applied to places.
When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay: seafaring words in everyday speech. Camden ME: International Marine. ISBN 978-0-07-032877-8. Miller, Charles A. (2003). Ship of state: the nautical metaphors of Thomas Jefferson : with numerous examples by other writers from classical antiquity to the present. Lanham, MD ...
Experientially basic and primarily spatial image schemas such as the Containment schema and its derivatives the Out schemas lend their logic to non-spatial situations. For example, one may metaphorically use the term out to describe non-spatial experiences: (4) Leave out that big log when you stack the firewood.
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From January 2008 to November 2008, if you bought shares in companies when David N. Capobianco joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -33.4 percent return on your investment, compared to a -40.5 percent return from the S&P 500.
A recent avenue of research has focused on fictive motion's influence on perceptions of time.People often speak about time in terms of motion. English speakers may describe themselves as moving through time toward or past events with statements such as "we're entering the holidays" or "we slipped past the due date."
From April 2012 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Timothy C. Collins joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 12.8 percent return on your investment, compared to a 2.5 percent return from the S&P 500.