What differs in analysis of mirsan-for-nose and taqṭīʿ-for-dispersal?
Classifying Metaphor by Its Terms and Common Feature: Concordance, Opposition and Inclusion
- The former may use a restricted/general link; the latter a semantic resemblance
- Both transfers must necessarily be based on the same resemblance
- Both words originally denote only motion
- Mirsan must always be applied literally