Metaphorex

A knowledge graph of metaphors — how we borrow structure from one domain to understand another.

Corpus

158 mappings · 60 frames · 11 categories

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• All mappings — conceptual metaphors, design patterns, archetypes
• All frames — source and target domains
• All categories — cross-cutting taxonomy

Sample Mappings

• A Force Is a Moving Object — conceptual-metaphor
• A Place to Wait — conceptual-metaphor
• A Problem Is a Body of Water — conceptual-metaphor
• Action Is Control Over Possessions — conceptual-metaphor
• Action Is Motion — conceptual-metaphor
• Activities Are Containers — conceptual-metaphor
• An Instrument Is a Companion — conceptual-metaphor
• Argument Is a Building — conceptual-metaphor
• Argument Is a Journey — conceptual-metaphor
• Argument Is Dance — conceptual-metaphor