AspectDerivative-metaphor analysisImplicit-metaphor analysis
ExpressionCircumstances spokeCircumstances spoke
FocusTransferred sense of “spoke”Circumstances imagined as speaker
ClueCircumstances do not literally speakAttribution of speech marks the hidden speaker
ResultFigurative verb meaningConcealed comparison disclosed
The table distinguishes two technical readings of one utterance. It would be misleading to impose the terminology of one approach on the other or to conflate the clue with the location of semantic transfer.