In:Perception Metaphors
Edited by Laura J. Speed, Carolyn O'Meara, Lila San Roque and Asifa Majid
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 19] 2019
► pp. 369–371
List of metaphors
Published online: 21 February 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.19.met
https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.19.met
A
- a nation is a body129
- acidity is a high-pitched sound136–137
- acidity is a sound137
- acidity is light136–137
- acquiring knowledge is eating158
- affecting is touching48, 57
- affection is warmth171
- alcohol/acidity is heat138
- an aid to knowing is a light source47
- argument is war170–171, 173, 214
- asking for a loan is touching48
B
- bad is smelly6, 335, 338
- bad smell is bad character78
- becoming bad (spoiling, corrupting) is smelling48, 56
- becoming instinctively aware of/guessing something is smelling something335
- being a relative is being touched by somebody48
- being involved is having to see48
- being oblivious is not to smell48
- being receptive is hearing48
- being told is hearing48, 58
- being trained is being heard48
C
- causation is forced motion172
- causes are forces343–344
- causing smell is transferring the object340
- change is motion11, Chapter 9
- communicating is showing48
- communication is sending305
- considering is seeing47, 49
- considering is touching48–49
D
- dealing with is touching48
- domain of control is range of vision48
E
- emotion is feeling336–337
- emotion is perception157, 333, 336–337
- emotion is smell157–158, 336–337
- emotion is taste157–159, 337–338
- emotion is touch157–158, 336–337
- emotional effect is physical contact156, 336
- escorting is seeing47
- evaluation is smell48, 322
- existence is being in a container340, 341, 344
- existence is possession340
- experiencing is tasting159
- (causing) existence is transfer340
- experiencing something is tasting48
F
- falling to somebody to do something is being touched48
- finding out is seeing47
- foreseeing is seeing47, 49
- form is motion173
G
- getting on badly with somebody is being unable to see47
- guessing (realising) is smelling48, 56, 77–78, 335, 343
H
- having a relationship is seeing somebody47, 49
- having an agreement is hearing48
- having negative feelings is smelling48
- hearing to knowing288–289, 294, 299
I
- ideas are (physical, solid, manipulable) objects214, 225
- ideas are food158, 214
- ideas are locations225
- imagining is seeing47, 49
- impediments to knowledge are impediments to vision47
- institution for the people who work in the institution68
- intense smell is a strong physical force342
- intensity is brightness341–342
- intensity is quantity342
- intensity is sharpness341–342
- intensity is strength341–344
- intensity of smell is quantity of a substance341
- intensity of smell is the degree of brightness of light341–342
- investigating (searching) is smelling/sniffing around2, 48–50, 56, 77–78
K
- keys, meters, rhythms are locations172
- knowing from a ‘perspective’ is seeing from a point of view47
- knowing is hearing48
- knowing is seeing47, 328
- knowing is tasting6, 48, 159
L
- light touch136
- light weight9, 166
- love and friendship74
- love is a journey45–46, 214
M
- making sure is seeing47
- meeting with somebody is seeing somebody47
- mind is a body214
- mind is a container214, 225
- mind is a tool225
- mind is an entity225
- mind-as-body47, 87, 356
- musical changes are changes of location172
N
- negative evaluation is bad smell322
- noticing is hearing48
O
- obeying is hearing48–49
- obeying is seeing48
- organisation is physical structure131
P
- paying a visit is seeing somebody47
- paying attention / heeding is hearing48
- paying attention is looking at48
- persuading is touching48
- pleasant is sweet338
- pleasure is sweet113
- producing a feeling is tasting (enjoying/disliking)48
- prophesying is smelling48
R
- reaching is touching48
- refraining is seeing48
S
- sadness is down119–120
- seeing is hearing328
- seeing is touching328, 356
- seeing is understanding47, 49, 239, 304, 313
- seeing to knowing47, 286, 289, 294, 299, 328
- sensing (knowing intuitively) is smelling48, 56, 59, 134, 212, 342–343
- sensing an intense smell is coming into contact with a strong physical force342
- sensing is contact343
- showing contempt is sniffing48
- skill is located on one’s arm306
- smell is a physical force342
- smell is a substance340
- smell is an object340
- smell is touch/feeling342
- smell is vision342
- smelling is mental detection78
- someone’s preference (favour) is someone’s taste48, 306
- source of smell is a surface340
- states are locations172
- studying / examining is seeing47
- suffering is seeing48
- suspicion is smelling4, 6, 10, 12, 48, 58–59, 335, 338, 343
T
- taking care is seeing/looking after 47
- taking something seriously is listening48
- tannins are cloth138
- taste to smell106, 117, 119
- the existence of smell is for the substance to be in the container340–341
- the existence of smell is the possession of an object340
- the experiencer of an intense smell is a person coming into abrupt physical contact with a strong physical force342
- the general atmosphere is an olfactory percept6, Chapter 16
- the general atmosphere of something is a gustatory perception336
- the general atmosphere of something is a spiritual perception336
- the general atmosphere of something is a tactile perception335
- the general atmosphere of something is a visual perception336
- the general atmosphere of something is an auditory perception335
- the general atmosphere of something is an olfactory perception48, 77, 335
- the object/location that has the smell is a container340
- thinking is perceiving150
- thinking is weighing225
- time is motion11, Chapter 9
- touching is tasting159
U
- understanding is grasping47
- understanding is hearing48
- understanding is seeing47, 49, 304, 313
- unpleasant is bitter/sour/bad tasting338
Q
- wines are (animate) organic beings132–134
- wines are (inanimate) 3d artefacts132–134
- wines are buildings131–132
- wines are containers131–132
- wines are geometrical artefacts131–132
- wines are human beings131–132
- wines are living organisms129, 131–132
- wines are organic beings133
- wines are textiles132, 134
- witnessing is seeing48–49
Y
- yoghurt/facial cream is cloth138
