Primary Metaphors across Languages: Difficulty as Weight and Solidity

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Metaphor and Symbol 34 (2):111-126 (2019)
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ABSTRACTThis is a linguistic study of two primary metaphors with the same target concept, “DIFFICULTY IS WEIGHT” and “DIFFICULTY IS SOLIDITY,” in English and Chinese. The study employs both lexical...

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10.1080/10926488.2019.1611725

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