What is a metaphor in grammar?

What is a metaphor in grammar?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in which grammatical elements are represented as persons or objects in space.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of metaphors in grammar:
	What is an instrument-as-companion metaphor? What is a linguistic-form-as-spatial metaphor?

Generic
	A metaphor in grammar is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for aspects of communication?

Context for this page:

Concept module: metaphor in grammar
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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