What's Your Basic Metaphor?


	What's Your Basic Metaphor?

abailart

8-22-2009 2:59 PM

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abailart says:

Something to chew on then digest.
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6. An individual's use of metaphor has a coherent logic that is consistent over time.

7. Once a person settles on a particular metaphorical perspective there are logical consequences that follow, and result in behaviour that is consistent with the metaphor.>>>

Btw, if you're not quite sure what a metaphor is, well, it's like a simile...

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