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We Live By
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Concepts We Live By
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER ONE,
The Systematicity
of Metaphorical Concepts
CHAPTER TWO
SYSTEMATICITY
ORIENTATION AL METAPHORS
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Orientational Metaphors
Get lip. Wake lip. I'm lip already. He rises early in the
morning. Hefell asleep. He dropped off to sleep. He's Ilnder
hypnosis. He sank into a coma.
He's at the peak of health. Lazarus rose from the dead. He's
in top shape. As to his health, he's way lip there. Helell ill.
He's sinking fast. He came down with the flu. His health is
He dropped dead.
or
or
FORCE IS DOWN
lip. His
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CHAPTER FOUR
ORIENTATIONAL METAPHORS
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Conclusions
Things are looking up. We hit a peak last year, hut it's been
downhill ever since. Things are at an all-time low. He does
high- quality work.
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CHAPTER FOUR
ORlENTATIONAL METAPHORS
feeling up" meant "I'm feeling happy," but "My spirits rose"
meant "I became sadder. ")
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METApHOI~
GOOD IS UP.
GOOD IS UP.
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UP
MORE IS UP
1I1GH STATUS IS UP
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CHAPTER FIVE