From 12080e082cedd6c3ab51851e0e7b26b02fe649e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Joel D. Ruark" Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:51:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Include sentence about the term "dead metaphor" (#363) --- translate/figs-metaphor/01.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/translate/figs-metaphor/01.md b/translate/figs-metaphor/01.md index 84baf879..34804f5f 100644 --- a/translate/figs-metaphor/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-metaphor/01.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Sometimes speakers use metaphors that are very common in their language. However ### Passive Metaphors -A passive metaphor is a metaphor that has been used so much in the language that its speakers no longer regard it as one concept standing for another. Passive metaphors are extremely common. Examples in English include the terms “table ***leg***", “family ***tree***”, “book ***leaf***” (meaning a page in a book), or the word “crane” (meaning a large machine for lifting heavy loads). English speakers simply think of these words as having more than one meaning. Examples of passive metaphors in Biblical Hebrew include using the word “hand” to represent “power,” using the word “face” to represent “presence,” and speaking of emotions or moral qualities as if they were “clothing.” +A passive metaphor is a metaphor that has been used so much in the language that its speakers no longer regard it as one concept standing for another. Linguists often call these "dead metaphors." Passive metaphors are extremely common. Examples in English include the terms “table ***leg***", “family ***tree***”, “book ***leaf***” (meaning a page in a book), or the word “crane” (meaning a large machine for lifting heavy loads). English speakers simply think of these words as having more than one meaning. Examples of passive metaphors in Biblical Hebrew include using the word “hand” to represent “power,” using the word “face” to represent “presence,” and speaking of emotions or moral qualities as if they were “clothing.” #### Patterned Pairs of Concepts acting as Metaphors